Maintenance and management

Verges and berms
We expect owners or residents of urban properties to mow and maintain the berms (including natural stormwater treatment devices and/or plantings) outside their homes and businesses.

We will only mow berms where:

• excessive size (exceeding 200m2 of grass) or steep contour makes it unreasonable for the single residential property owner to mow.
• the property owner or resident doesn't carry out the mowing and a safety hazard (fire, vermin) is created.

The frequency of mowing will be at our discretion.

Contact us first if you want to plant in the berm area. See our Agrichemicals and spraying page if you want to go on our ‘no spray’ register (so we know to skip your street frontage).

Trees, shrubs, overhanging vegetation
Trees, shrubs and plants on your boundary or overhanging the road should be kept clear of the footpath (i.e. 2.4m above or more), so that others can use the path safely. In extreme cases, we can serve notice on property owners who consistently fail to do this or remove the vegetation and recover costs. We’ll trim street trees as needed.

These connect a property and a public road and are the property owner's responsibility (where a footpath crosses the driveway the Council maintains the footpath).​ However, we need to approve, inspect and sign off new crossings and/or repairs, so contact us first. Also check out our information in our how can I? pages. 

Yes. Find out more in our how can I? pages – including details on requesting corridor access, applying for a Traffic Management Plan, requesting use of footpath space and underground cable location information.

Where the affected fence is located on the boundary of a walkway/access way between streets, and the walkway/access way is classified as a road or road reserve, Council may apply discretion in contributing to the repair or replacement of the fence.

Read our fencing policy

Farmers are responsible for all fences on their property. The fences shouldn’t block the people’s view of the road or access through it, and they should be made of flexible materials so people aren’t injured if a car runs off the road into the fence.