Hindmarsh residents who fancy heavy duty container cranes are in for a treat when these three beauties get going at Scali's Warehouse.
Currently stored at the northern end of the site between Chief and West Streets Brompton, owing no doubt to the current Residential Zone in play, they will need the Government's Bowden Village Rezoning Plan to go thru before they can be erected.
Once the block bounded by West Street, First Street, Chief and Hawker Streets is listed as "Mixed Use" the cranes are certain to become a highly noticeable addition 24/7 to an area which at present is overwhelmingly residential in character.
About Nick Scali Limited:
(This is an extract from Scalis’ Annual Report. They intend to have a high through-put of shipping containers at their Chief Street site.)
(This is an extract from Scalis’ Annual Report. They intend to have a high through-put of shipping containers at their Chief Street site.)
Nick Scali Furniture was founded over 45 years ago and is now one of Australia's largest retailers and importers of quality furniture.
Nick Scali Furniture imports in excess of 3,000 containers of furniture per year, specialising in quality leather and fabric lounges, dining rooms, bedrooms and occasional furniture. There are currently 28 showrooms located in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia under the Nick Scali brand.
Nick Scali Furniture will continue to expand in existing and new markets
Australia wide.
Nick Scali Furniture has distribution centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Adelaide to ensure the respective markets can be served efficiently.
Nick Scali Furniture's capacity to import directly from manufacturers worldwide in large volumes ensures that the lowest possible price is offered to the consumer - ensuring the best value for money.
2 comments:
Perhaps the cranes are a flat pack accessory to be offered as a new product line by Nick Scali.
If not, I have some questions.
A mixed use zone is intended to become a residential and non conflicting uses zone in the long term.
Question: Does the 50% contiguous expansion limitation for non residential expansion include upward or just beside?
If so, will the cranes exceed this?
If not, how can this be seen as a continuation of the original use, as a warehouse?
Anyone have any answers?
Reply to Elsie
Scalis’ site at the Corner of First Street and West Street (6-26 Chief Street) has been given a number of planning approvals in the past 5-6years. My understanding is that the planning approval relates to the operation of a warehouse in defined areas of the site.
In 2006, Charles Sturt Council rejected a plan by Scali to extend the existing warehouse, and at that time the Charles Sturt planners commentyed that the company was in breach of various conditions applying to the site:
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Condition 4: That no goods or materials stored outside the building at any time.
Condition 6: The site is to remain sealed with bitumen, concrete, or permanent buildings to prevent direct exposure to soil and to minimise infiltration of stormwater into filled pugholes on the site. The site shall be kept drained so that no ponding of stormwater occurs on site and so that all stormwater is discharged off site to the Council stormwater system.
Condition 10: That a landscaping strip with a minimum width of 2 metres be established adjacent to the north western elevation of the entire building associated with Stage 1 and Stage 2.
Condition 11: That the landscaping depicted in Condition 10 consist of mature trees and shrubs with the aim of screening the walls.
http://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/dap06-11-21.pdf
However, over the past 5 years and particularly in the past few months, the undeveloped parts of the site, particularly the parts of the site closest to West Street, are increasingly being used for parking of large vehicles, including B-doubles, at all times of the day and night.
Charles Sturt Council defines the Mixed Use Zone as (amongst other things):
“A functional and diverse zone accommodating a mix of commercial, community, light industrial, medium density residential, office, and small-scale shop land uses”
Since this proposed M.U.Z is being prepared by the Government and the Charles Sturt Council, it’s almost impossible to predict how the desired future will be spelt out in the policy document which will be part of the new zone. Ring your local Councillors Elsie if you need to know what’s proposed, but my bet would be they’ll pass the buck to the Government
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