Guidelines for business premises

Council is committed to supporting business growth, resilience and innovation. We are hands on in providing practical support that readily impacts your success. Our guidelines aim to help businesses improve street appeal and resilience in innovative and cost-effective ways.

The guidelines have been created with local architects, designers, builders and developers who, like Council, support climate smart and improved built form and urban design outcomes in Moreton Bay. The guidelines are non-statutory documents that provide simple, visual tips to make it easy for business owners.

Your shopfront improvement guideline

Use the Your shopfront improvement guideline(PDF, 24MB) to:

• make your business stand out from the street
• get simple and cost-effective ideas to help your business look more inviting to customers
• improve the way your signage communicates with existing and potential customers and clients
• improve access to your business.

Your flood smart buildings guideline

Use the Your flood smart buildings guideline(PDF, 16MB) to:

• help you if your business or building has been affected by flood or is located in an area prone to flooding
• find helpful tips about how to rebuild or retrofit your building to be flood smart
• get flood smart ideas to minimise disruption to your business during and after a flood event
• learn that making smart choices is not just replacing ‘like for like’ and doesn't need to be expensive.