2018-08-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                13 AUGUST 2018


Car parking
After the completion of the initial officer’s report the applicant provided additional information
regarding the amount of existing car parking on site. Based on this additional information there
are an additional 8 car spaces on site than what was considered during the initial assessment,
bringing the total number of existing car parking to 105 spaces for the existing 142 beds. This
equates to a ratio of 0.74 car spaces per bed. The application seeks an additional 48 beds and
proposes an additional 29 car spaces on site. The proposed combined total of 190 beds and 134
car spaces equates to a car parking ratio of 0.70. The proposed condition of the preliminary
approval seeks a rate of 0.71 car spaces per bed, equating to one additional space than currently
proposed by the applicant.
The assessment of car parking demands has also identified that additional car parking is required
for special event days, including Christmas Day, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day and ANZAC Day. A
rate of 0.21 car spaces is required per bed on event days which equates to 40 car spaces. This
may include the existing 18 car spaces in the road reserve and temporary car parking within the
site. Historically the special event day car parking has been managed on an ad-hoc basis which
has seen car parking spill over into the surrounding area. The conditions of the preliminary
approval seek that special event day car parking be appropriately managed in the future.


Ongoing Protection of Wetland
The recommended conditions currently seek to protect the wetland vegetation and the habitat of
the endangered species via an environmental covenant registered over the title of the land.
Councillors have queried whether the dedication of the land for the purpose of public land would
provide for a more suitable level of protection given the significance of the site’s crayfish and
previous management of the wetland. Dedication of the land for the purpose of public land is
considered suitable as it allows Council to integrate management of the area with the adjoining
Lomandra Park thus ensuring the protection of the significant environmental values.
Condition 35 currently reads:
35.   A vegetation protection covenant must be registered against the title of the property over
      the land area identified as occurring at or below the 1 in 100 ARI (Q100) and to the east of
      the existing car park footprint on the Approved Plans pursuant to Section 97A of the Land
      Title Act 1994. The covenant document and a survey plan must be submitted to Council
      for endorsement prior to lodgement with the relevant titles authority for registration of
      title. The covenant document must:
      a.   incorporate the requirements of this Decision Notice
      b.   include Noosa Council as Covenantee
      c.   reference Queensland Land Title Registry Standard Terms Document No.
           715597513.
It is therefore recommended that Condition 35 be amended, new conditions be included and
subsequent re-numbering of conditions be undertaken. The new conditions will require the
dedication of land area identified as occurring at or below the 1 in 100 ARI (Q100) and to the east
of the existing car park footprint to be dedicated to Council as a reserve for Environmental Park
purposes. Furthermore, additional conditions are proposed to include requirements for the
removal of weed species and waste materials and the fencing of the area with durable chainwire.




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