NOOSA EVENTS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE · Attachment 3 - Noosa Events Management Policy

These limits have been carried forward from the superseded Noosa Main Beach Events Policy
and may only be amended by Council.
Event Spacing
Council will require minimum spacing between Events to:
   • reduce cumulative impacts;
   • maintain community access;
   • allow site recovery;
   • protect environmental values; and
   • support the effective management of public spaces.
Peak Demand Periods
Additional consideration will be given to:
   • school holiday periods;
   • long weekends;
   • peak visitation periods;
   • major infrastructure works; and
   • periods of elevated community use.
Council may limit, modify or refuse Event activity where cumulative impacts are considered
excessive.
Contingency Planning and Site Conditions
Event Organisers proposing to use Noosa Main Beach are responsible for assessing and
managing risks associated with dynamic coastal conditions, including beach erosion, weather
events, ocean conditions and other natural coastal processes.
Where practical, Event Organisers should identify suitable contingency arrangements, including
alternative locations, dates, layouts or operational responses, to enable Events to proceed safely
should beach conditions become unsuitable for the proposed activity.
Event Organisers acknowledge that conditions within the coastal environment may change with
limited notice and may affect the suitability or availability of locations within the Main Beach
precinct.
Coastal Conditions and Reinstatement
Noosa Council does not guarantee the availability, condition or configuration of beach
environments within Noosa Main Beach.
Event Organisers accept that beach profiles and coastal conditions are subject to change as a
result of natural processes, including erosion, storm activity, large swell events, tides and other
marine conditions.
Council is under no obligation to undertake beach restoration, sand profiling, dune works or other
site modifications to facilitate an Event outside of Council's normal maintenance, operational or
environmental management programs.
Where an Event Organiser requests works or modifications beyond Council's standard
maintenance program, Council may consider such requests and recover any associated costs
from the Event Organiser.

Other High-Demand Locations
Council may apply additional management settings to other high-demand locations throughout
the Shire, including:
    • Noosa Woods;
    • Hastings Street precinct;
    • Lions Park;
    • Noosa River foreshore locations;
    • key beaches and foreshores; and
    • other locations identified by Council from time to time.

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