#20633
braveheart
Flatchatter

    Hi Boronia,

    Our Strata building is zoned R2 Low Density Residential. According to our Council’s Local Environmental Plan a hair salon in a Strata unit zoned R2 cannot meet the requirements necessary to be deemed a complying business according the relevant Local Government and Public Health Acts. In any event, a hair salon in a strata unit contravenes By-Law 19 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 – Schedule 1:

     

    “An occupier of a lot must notify the owners corporation if the occupier changes the existing use of the lot in a way that may affect the insurance premiums for the strata scheme (for example, if the change of use results in a hazardous activity being carried out on the lot, or results in the lot being used for commercial or industrial purposes rather than residential purposes)”.

    https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ssma1996242/sch1.html

    So yes, it really is that simple (and was in our case).