Proposed Community Amenity Local Law 2025

Published on 28 March 2025

Notice of Intention to Make Local Law 

The Local Government Act 2020 provides for Council to make local laws which remain in effect for a period of ten years, unless revoked sooner by Council. Council is proposing to make Community Local Law 2024 to replace the current Community Local Law 2016. 

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 73 of the Local Government Act 2020 that at its meeting on 24 March 2025, Darebin City Council resolved to release the proposed Community Amenity Local Law 2025 for public submissions. 

The objectives of this Local Law are to provide for: 

  1. provide for the peace, order, and good government of the municipal district of Darebin City Council;
  2. promote a physical and social environment in which residents and visitors to the municipal district can enjoy a quality of life that meets the general expectations of the community;
  3. prevent and suppress nuisances which may adversely affect the enjoyment of life within the municipal district or the health, safety, and welfare of persons within the municipal district;
  4. prohibit, regulate, and control activities which may be dangerous or unsafe or detrimental to   a person's health, amenity, or the environment;
  5. prohibit, regulate and control access to and behaviour in municipal places;
  6. prohibit, regulate and control the use of municipal recreation centres, municipal buildings, and municipal reserves;
  7. define the standards to which persons engaged in building work should adhere;
  8. provide for fair access and use of Council and community assets and prescribe measures to protect those assets; and 
  9. prescribe requirements for the administration and enforcement of the Local Law. 

A copy of the proposed Local Law may be obtained by calling (03) 8470 8888, or from Council Customer Service Centres at: 

  • 274 Gower Street, Preston (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm). 

  • 32—38 Separation Street, Northcote (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm). 

  • 23 Edwardes Street, Reservoir (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm). 

The document may be accessed also on Council’s website https://yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au/2025-local-law-review  

Any person who wishes to make a submission to the proposed local law must lodge the submission in writing addressed to:

City Safety and Compliance,
Darebin City Council,
PO Box 91, Preston 3072,

online via Council’s website https://yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au/2025-local-law-review or

email localawreview@darebin.vic.gov.au  

Submissions will be received until 25 April 2025.

Please note the submission will be made available to the public unless a submitter advises Council to the contrary, 

Council, in accordance with Section 73 of the Local Government Act 2020, will consider all written submissions received within the prescribed time. 

 

 

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