2021-10-08 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                      8 OCTOBER 2021


Community comment                                         Proposed response
General – CHAP approach
                                                          better management of beach accesses for vehicles
                                                          and pedestrians.
Noosa North Shore
-   CHAP needs clear and explicit statements of           -   The CHAP does not seek to impact on private
    intent to protect property at NNS as is provided          property entitlements or existing use rights and
    for elsewhere in the LGA to allow property                does not prevent private properties from
    owners the right to protecting their own                  mitigating coastal hazard risks through
    properties through approved engineering                   approved engineering solutions.
    solutions.                                            -   The building codes and planning scheme set
-   Council must not prevent property owners from             the requirements for development and building
    rebuilding or constructing their homes on their           works.
    properties.                                           -   The planning scheme provides for property
-   There must be no ambiguity, uncertainty                   owners to retain and fill their properties subject
    regarding security of tenure and urban zoning             to Council approvals and this includes
    entitlements now or in the future.                        demonstrating that the works will not impact on
-   Allow residential property owners to fill to the          natural values or increase the flood/inundation
    same height above AHD as in Noosaville under              risks to neighbouring properties.
    homes and apply the same building codes into          -   The CHAP recommends maintaining the
    the future.                                               existing development requirements for this
-   Allow residents to raise retaining wall crest             locality, with no specific planning scheme
    heights to above Q2100 through the building               amendments intended arising from the CHAP.
    code.
-   Septic systems will be more exposed to                Noosa North Shore is not serviced by reticulated
    inundation and will affect the environment and        sewerage and there are no current plans for
    community. This is a priority for small residential   sewerage services for the lower North Shore.
    clusters of Noosa Drive, Wygani Drive and             Individual properties rely on on-site effluent
    possibly the Frying Plan area.                        disposal systems. Effluent disposal requirements
-   Risk assessment tables in CHAP need to note           are set out in the State’s Plumbing Regulations.
    that infrastructure for septic/sewage requires        There are no major problems with existing
    risk mitigation due to high or very high risk         arrangements, and Council carries out periodic
    exposure.                                             inspects of effluent systems. However,
                                                          investigations are needed to plan for future
                                                          inundation risks for effluent disposal in conjunction
                                                          with landowners and infrastructure providers.
                                                          The following proposed changes to the CHAP
                                                          have been made:
                                                          -    Wording in the CHAP has been amended to
                                                               include the need to investigate and plan for
                                                               inundation risks to septic systems including
                                                               alternative future options for effluent disposal.
                                                          (Refer to Section 5 – Noosa North Shore for
                                                          changes).
-   Council needs to plan ahead with its capital          The CHAP seeks to “ensure road asset plans and
    works program for local road maintenance to           upgrades on Noosa North Shore appropriately
    ensure that access remains above Q2100.               consider periodic tidal inundation risks”. This will be
-   Raising of sections of road, some drainage in         carried out as part of Council’s capital works
    part and some channelling is needed.                  planning. The mapping and modelling within the
                                                          CHAP will have a specific role in helping with this
                                                          road maintenance planning to ensure that road
                                                          access is maintained to an appropriate standard as
                                                          inundation hazards increase.



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