Appendix C - Code Assessment

Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code


      area and wetland area;                                          c)   10 metres either side of the centre line of other waterways
 b)   retaining aquatic and terrestrial habitat in riparian zones;         identified on a Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands
 c)   maintaining and enhancing wildlife corridors and                     Overlay Map.
      connectivity along watercourses and drainage lines for
      native fauna movement;                                         AO6.2
 d)   avoiding edge effects and damage from adjacent land            Development provides for the rehabilitation of land within:         AO6.2 - Complies
      uses;                                                                                                                              The proposal will conserve the riparian buffer area and allow it
 e)   maintaining stream integrity and bank stability by              a)   a riparian buffer area;                                       naturally rehabilitate.
      minimising bank erosion and slumping;                           b)   a wetland area; and
 f)   maintaining water quality through filtering sediments,          c)   10 metres either side of the centre line of any
      nutrients and other pollutants; and                                  other waterway identified on a Biodiversity, Waterways
 g)   removing pest species and replacing them with local native           and Wetlands Overlay Map.
      species.
                                                                     AO6.3
                                                                     Recreational facilities (eg. playgrounds, pergolas, barbeques)
                                                                     are setback a minimum of 10 metres from the top of the bank of      AO6.3 – Not Applicable
                                                                     a waterway.

                                                                     Editor’s Note—Setbacks to waterways for certain uses and
                                                                     works are also specified in the relevant codes.

                                                                     Editor's Note—Wetland areas are identified on the Queensland
                                                                     Wetland Program mapping

                                                                     Editor's Note—Any clearing of vegetation also needs to meet
                                                                     the outcomes of the Earthworks Code and the Water Quality and
                                                                     Drainage Code.




PO7                                                                  No acceptable outcome provided.                                     PO7 – Not Applicable
Vegetation within 400 metres of the full ponded water within
Lake Macdonald is retained.

PO8                                                                  AO8.1                                                               AO8.1 – Not Applicable
Development on land adjacent to                                      Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland provides that:        This outcome relates to creating public access along significant
a waterway or wetland maintains appropriate extent of                                                                                    waterways that would be incorporated as reserves.
public access to waterways and wetlands and minimises edge