Air Conditioners

Air conditoners are considered Building Works.

Before any Air Conditioner is installed the Lot owner must follow these steps.

1. A written application must be sent to the NOVA Executive Committee
2. The NOVA EC will consider on a case-by-case basis on behalf of the Owners Corporation
3. If given approval, the Lot owner must complete an Building works indemnity form & return it to the NOVA EC before the commencement of work

Approved Air Conditioner: Panasonic 2HP Air Conditioner (CS/CU-W18DKR)

Note: Installation of any Air Conditioner, other than those approved by the Body Corporate, may be in breach of the NOVA By-Laws and may subsquently have to be removed by the Lot owner at their expense.

Residents must also comply with the following State Environmental Planning code entirely then a DA must be lodged to the City of Sydney.

State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008
Current version for 7 September 2009 to date (accessed 8 December 2009 at 10:07)

Subdivision 3 Air-conditioning units

2.5 Specified development

The construction or installation of an air-conditioning unit is development specified for this code.

2.6 Development standards

(1) The standards specified for that development, if for domestic purposes only, are that the development must:

• (a) not be located on the wall or roof of a building that faces the primary road, or forward of the building line to the primary road, and
• (b) be located at least 450mm from each lot boundary, and
• (c) subject to paragraph (g), be attached to the external wall of a building or ground mounted, and
• (d) be not higher than 1.8m above ground level (existing), and
• (e) not involve work that reduces the structural integrity of the building, and
• (f) not reduce the existing fire resistance level of a wall, and
• (g) if it is constructed or installed on or in, or in relation to, a heritage item or a draft heritage item—not be wall mounted, and
• (h) if it is constructed or installed in a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area—be located in the rear yard.

(1A) The standards specified for that development, if for purposes other than domestic purposes only, are that the development must:

• (a) not be located on the wall or roof of a building that faces the primary road, or forward of the building line to the primary road, and
• (b) not be built into any external wall unless the development is more than 3m from each side and rear boundary and 6m from any other building on the lot, and
• (c) not involve work that reduces the structural integrity of the building, and
• (d) not reduce the existing fire resistance level of a wall or roof, and
• (e) if it is constructed or installed on or in, or in relation to, a heritage item or draft heritage item—not be wall mounted, and
• (f) if it is constructed or installed in a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area—be located behind the building line of any road frontage.

(2) Any opening created by the construction or installation of the development must be adequately waterproofed.