Decision Notice - Minor Change - OPW19 0203 03 [As Published] · OPW19/0203.03

                   6.        If Council officers are required to undertake additional inspections of the same works, a
                             reinspection fee will be applicable in accordance with Council’s Fees and Charges register
                             applicable at the time.
                   7.        A minimum maintenance period of 12 months will apply to all municipal works and
                             thereafter until such time as the works are performing in accordance with the approved
                             design unless noted otherwise
                        Environmental Advisory Notes
                   8.        The Environmental Protection Act 1994 states that a person must not carry out any activity
                             that causes, or is likely to cause, environmental harm unless the person takes all
                             reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise the harm. Environmental
                             harm includes environmental nuisance. In this regard persons and entities, involved in the
                             civil, earthworks, construction and landscaping phases of this development are to adhere
                             to their ‘general environmental duty’ to minimise the risk of causing environmental harm.
                        Erosion and Sediment Control
                   9.        Accepted best practice standards include:
                        a.     the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control V1.2
                               or other superseding document subsequently adopted by Council;
                        b.     Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control, International Erosion Control Association
                               (2008).
                   10.       As a general rule, a site is determined to have achieved effective short-term stabilisation
                             if at the time of the On-Maintenance inspection:
                        a.     Methods of stabilisation are:
                               •       appropriate for slopes and slope lengths; and
                               •       are consistent with best practice environmental management practices such as
                                       in the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control or the IECA Manual; and
                        b.     Stormwater runoff from the site is not currently, and is not likely to result in visible
                               evidence of sedimentation or erosion, or lead to water contamination.
                               If at the time of request for the On-Maintenance inspection, the method of short-term
                               stabilisation has not achieved a level of stability that Council's Officers believe will have
                               a high probability of achieving long term stability, Council Officers may take the
                               following matters into consideration in determining whether the site is capable of
                               achieving medium to long-term stability:
                               •       evidence that the site has been effectively stabilised in the short term;
                               •       evidence that soil has been adequately ameliorated;
                               •       evidence that seed of annual and perennial grass species has been applied at
                                       an adequate rate; and
                               •       that grass seed has germinated at a density that is likely to achieve an effective
                                       grass cover.
                        Landscape Works
               11.      The applicant must pay the re-inspection fee in accordance with Council's Fees and Charges
                        Register where:
                        a.     An inspection revealed that any constructed rehabilitation/landscape works do not
                               comply with the conditions of the Decision Notice, Approved Plans and or Approved
                               Documents
                        b.     Certification is submitted to Council falsely stating that works comply with the approved
                               plans, documents and or conditions of the Decision Notice.



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