3.17   Setbacks of dwelling houses from rear boundaries

(1)  A dwelling house and any carport, garage, balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah that is attached to the dwelling house with a building height at any part of up to 3.8m on a lot in Zone R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 or RU5 must have a setback from a rear boundary of at least the following:

(a)  3m, if the lot has an area of at least 450m² but less than 900m²,

(b)  5m, if the lot has an area of at least 900m² but less than 1500m²,

(c)  10m, if the lot has an area of at least 1500m².

(2)  A dwelling house and any carport, garage, balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah that is attached to the dwelling house with a building height at any part of more than 3.8m on a lot in Zone R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 or RU5 must have a setback from a rear boundary of at least the following:

(a)  3m, plus an amount that is equal to three times the additional building height above 3.8m, up to a maximum setback of 8m, if the lot has an area of at least 450m² but less than 900m²,

(b)  5m, plus an amount that is equal to three times the additional building height above 3.8m, up to a maximum setback of 12m, if the lot has an area of at least 900m² but less than 1500m²,

(c)  10m, plus an amount that is equal to three times the additional building height above 3.8m, up to a maximum of 15m, if the lot has an area of at least 1500m².

(3)  Despite subclauses (1) and (2), a dwelling house on a lot in Zone R1, R2, R3, R4 or RU5 that has a rear boundary with a laneway may have a building line that abuts that boundary for up to 50 per cent of the length of that boundary.

(4)  A dwelling house and any carport, garage, balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah that is attached to the dwelling house on a lot in Zone RU1, RU2, RU3 or RU4 must have a setback from a rear boundary of at least 10m.