2015-04-28 Attachment 2 to Item 20 Planning and Organisation Agenda Proposed Subordinate Local Law No. 1,3,4,5

                Noosa Shire Council Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Administration) 2015       26



Schedule 11              Keeping of animals
                                                                                        Section 11


1   Prescribed activity
         Keeping of animals


2   Activities that do not require approval under the authorising local law
         Nil.


3   Documents and materials that must accompany applications for approval
         An application for an approval to keep more than the permitted number of animals
         must include the following information –
           (a) the name, postal address and telephone contact details for the applicant and
                 owner of the animal to whom the approval is to be issued; and
           (b) if the owner is a member of any animal organisation and intends to breed with
                 any of the animals included in this application, a breeder registration number
                 must be included; and
           (c) the number of animals to be kept; and
           (d) details of the species, breed, age and gender of the animal or each of the
                 animals for which the approval is sought; and
           (e) the nature of the premises in which the animal or animals are to be kept; and
           (f) the applicable fee as determined by the local government’s schedule of fees
                 and charges.


4   Additional criteria for the granting of approval

         Additional general criteria applicable to all applications for approval are that the
         keeping of the animal or animals –
            (a) is the land physically suitable for the keeping of the animals; and
            (b) are the enclosures in which the animals are to be kept structurally sound and
                 suitable to house the animals; and
            (c) are not likely to cause undue nuisance, inconvenience, or annoyance to the
                 occupiers of adjoining land; and
            (d) will not have a detrimental effect on the amenity of the surrounding area; and
            (e) will not have a detrimental effect on the local environment or cause pollution
                 or other environmental damage.

         For approval to keep a sheep or a goat on land less than 4,000m2 or a horse or donkey
         on land less than 8000m2 in addition to the criteria above the applicant must provide
         an animal management plan that identifies how they are going to deal with any noise,