Decision Notice - OPW22 0319 [As Published] · OPW22/0319

               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 International Erosion Control Association
                      Australasia Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control.
               10.    Qualified Person, for the purpose of erosion and sediment control is a Certified Professional
                      in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) or suitably experienced Registered Professional
                      Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).
               11.    As a general rule, a site is determined to have achieved effective short-term stabilisation if
                      at the time of the plan sealing 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.
                      Qualified Person
               12.    Qualified Person, for the purpose of:
                      a.      Supervising landscape works and preparing a landscape certification, is considered to
                              be a landscape architect, landscape designer or horticulturist with a minimum of three
                              years current experience in the field of landscape design;
                      b.      Undertaking landscape construction and establishment works is considered to be a
                              person with five years current experience in commercial landscape construction
                              projects; and
                      c.      Assessing and certifying soil quality is considered to be an Agronomist or
                              Horticulturalist with three years current experience in soil testing.
                      Landscape Works
               13.    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; and
                      b.      Certification is submitted to Council falsely stating that works comply with the approved
                              plans, documents and or conditions of the Decision Notice.
               14.    Public amenity trees are defined as any tree located within public streets, parks or areas that
                      will become publicly owned as a result of this development.




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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

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

Accepted best practice standards include International Erosion Control Association
Australasia Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control.

Qualified Person, for the purpose of erosion and sediment control is a Certified Professional
in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) or suitably experienced Registered Professional
Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).

As a general rule, a site is determined to have achieved effective short-term stabilisation if
at the time of the plan sealing inspection:

a. Methods of stabilisation are:

e appropriate for slopes and slope lengths; and
e 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.

Qualified Person
Qualified Person, for the purpose of:

a. Supervising landscape works and preparing a landscape certification, is considered to
be a landscape architect, landscape designer or horticulturist with a minimum of three
years current experience in the field of landscape design;

b. Undertaking landscape construction and establishment works is considered to be a
person with five years current experience in commercial landscape construction
projects; and

Cc. Assessing and certifying soil quality is considered to be an Agronomist or
Horticulturalist with three years current experience in soil testing.

Landscape Works

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; and

b. Certification is submitted to Council falsely stating that works comply with the approved
plans, documents and or conditions of the Decision Notice.

Public amenity trees are defined as any tree located within public streets, parks or areas that
will become publicly owned as a result of this development.

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