Sex Services & Restricted Premises

This section applies to applications for:

• sex services premises, restricted premises and businesses and entertainment premises providing adult entertainment
• amendments to sex services premises, restricted premises and businesses and entertainment premises providing adult entertainment that will affect waste generation and/or management.

In addition to the requirements set out for All Commercial Developments, Sex Services and Restricted Premises will also need to submit a Waste Management Plan that meets the requirements outlined below.

Controls

Waste facilities and management practices are to comply with Work Cover NSW requirements detailed in “Health and Safety Guidelines for Brothels” (2001) and City of Parramatta Council’s Development Control Plan 2011. 

A designated waste storage room is to be provided on the premises. The room must be:

• provided with a hose tap connected to a water supply
• consisted of rigid impervious flooring
• inaccessible to the public and secured with a lockable door
• graded and drained to floor waste connected to sewer
• sufficiently ventilated and well lit
• proofed against pests
• designed to allow for segregation of waste into correct streams.

If contaminated sharps, eg needles are used in a brothel, then non-reusable sharps containers which comply with Australian Standard - AS 4031 should be provided for their disposal.

All waste receptacles, including bins and sharps containers, must be inaccessible to the public and sealed when not in use. Waste receptacles must be appropriately lined and bags of waste must be tied closed before being placed in bins for collection.

There should be provision for disposal of used condoms, dams, gloves, soiled tissues and the like in the rooms where sexual services are provided to clients. Preferably use bins with sliding lids to eliminate odours.

A sufficient number of waste receptacles must be provided on the premises to accommodate the volume and type of waste generated. If sharps are to be used on the premises, a designated sharps container must be provided and serviced by an appropriately licensed sharps waste contractor. Details of the private waste contractor must be provided to Council as part of the waste management plan.

Hazardous waste, including sharps and clinical waste (bulk body fluids and blood, material containing blood, etc.), is not permitted to be disposed of through the general waste stream. Council cannot receive hazardous waste and therefore an appropriately licensed private contractor must be engaged to provide this service. Details of the private waste contractor must be provided to Council as part of the waste management plan.