2018-08-07 S&O Agenda - Att 5 to Item 7 - Local Law Amendments

                Noosa Shire Council Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2015                       25


                                 property;
                           -     is positioned in a way that does not provide clear sight lines for drivers of
                                 vehicles or pedestrians at road junctions, vehicle access ways or pedestrian
                                 crossings;
                           -     creates a traffic problem, or increases an existing traffic problem;
                           -     is not weighted, anchored or affixed so as to ensure stability and avoid falling
                                 or blowing into the path of pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
                           -     is rotating, audible or illuminated and likely to cause a distraction to a driver;
                           -     is exhibited in close proximity to an official traffic sign in a way which is likely
                                 to hinder or obstruct a driver from seeing, reading or understanding the
                                 official traffic sign whilst driving;


                           (F)   the election sign must not have a surface area exceeding 1.1m2,
                                 unless the sign is exhibited on an approved advertisement; and
                           (G) the election sign must be made of a material that is designed to be
                               easily broken, for example, a corflute sign on a timber stake.
                     (iii) In this paragraph (f), election period means the period—
                           (A) starting the day after the following relevant act is done—
                                 - the writ for the election is issued; or
                                 - public notice of the election is given; and
                           (B)   ending on the close of the poll in the election.
            By displaying any of the above signs either on council controlled land or on private
            land, the person responsible is deemed to have been issued an approval and accepts the
            conditions the local government has identified for the type of sign displayed.


3     Documents and materials that must accompany applications for approval

            An advertising device that doesn’t meet the criteria as a self-assessable sign must have
            the approval of the local government prior to placement either on public land or on
            private land. An application for such signs must include the following information –
               (a) the name of the person making the application; and
               (b) the trading name, address, telephone number and email address of the
                      business under which the approval is to be issued; and
               (c) a plan showing the relevant part of the private land, road, footpath or public
                      place that is to be used to display the advertising device; and
               (d) a signed letter from the land owner if the applicant does not own the land the
                      sign is to be placed on, approving the placement; and
               (e) details of the design, construction, dimensions and contents of the advertising
                      device and how it is to be secured to prevent it from moving; and
               (f) the times the advertising device will be displayed; and
               (g) a copy of a public liability insurance policy of not less than $20,000,000 held
                      by the applicant and which will remain current during the term of approval;
                      and
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