26 Brotherton Street South Wentworthville NSW 2145

Dear Holroyd City Council authority,

Brotherton street is a narrow street. There currently is a problem with cars on the street already. The problem is affecting safety with reversing the cars out of the garage on a narrow street while there are too many cars parked on both sides of the street. Residents on the street often have to find refuses in the case where there are parked on both sides and two cars need to travel on opposite directions.

There are high number of duplexes on the street already which is contributing significantly to the above mentioned problem. For example, a 4 bedroom duplex next to my property is being rented out and there are 7 or 8 cars associated with that property while there is only 2 garages and no street frontage left for cars to park in front of the property due to having to create two drive ways.

It is encouraged to increase housing density but narrow street like Brotherton should not be put at disadvantage for such a policy.

I object having more duplexes on this small street and ask that the authority consider my request and investigate thoroughly.

Regards,
Chuong Pham

Moreover, it is not safe for pedestrian on this street. There are too many cars parked on both sides and not every house has concrete walk way which force pedestrian to walk on the street.

High car density problem for a small street will potentially affect emergency services.

Having investigated rules on building duplex and lived in a duplex before myself, I think the gap contributing to a-lot-of-car on the narrow street problem is the rule on mandating a large "green" space in the front of the property which takes away the space for parking. This forces the occupants of the duplex to park somewhere else (practically, there is only one car space for each house. Parking another car in front of the single garage is generally avoided due to the inconvenience of having to move the outside car for the inside car to get out).

Parking in front of the duplex is not available due to the fact that there are two drive ways.

To address this problem while still allowing higher density housing for narrow streets, relaxing the "green space" rule to allow more parking in the front yard may be a good compromise, at least for the narrow streets.