DFS Cover Letter - PC (00026176)

Your Ref: MCU14/0102.03 & OPW15/0051
Our Ref: 14124 / 16674pf.pf




19 January 2016


The Chief Executive Officer
Noosa Shire Council
Via: [email protected]

Attention: Mr Denis Wallace


Dear Denis

Permissible Change Request - Signage
Development Permit for Material Change of Use for Industrial business Type 1
Warehouse; Industrial business Type 2 Production, alteration, repackaging &
repairing; Retail business Type 2 Shop & salon; Retail business Type 5 Vehicle uses
and Entertainment & dining business Type 1 Food & beverages and Development
Permit for Operational Work (Signage) on land at 139 Eumundi Noosa Road & 30
Lionel Donovan Drive Noosaville being legally described as Lot 4 SP 159610 & Lot
31 SP 170751 (Council reference: MCU14/0102.03 & OPW15/0051)

In support of the above request for a permissible change to seek to change some of the
signage requirements for the development, we hereby offer the following further
representations for council’s consideration as part of its assessment of this matter.

Current Signage Requirements
At present, the development approval sets out the signage requirements as conditions of
the approval (OPW component) – conditions 112 to 123. Of these, Condition 114 is the
main condition impacting on the size, scale and amount of illumination. Condition 114 is
repeated below for convenience:

    a. one freestanding pillar sign per frontage with a maximum height of 5m. Any pillar
       sign fronting Walter Hay Drive must be setback half its height from the boundary.
    b. tenant 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (as described on the approved plans) wall signs must not
       exceed a single sign face area of 4m² and a maximum total sign face area of
       10m² each.
    c. one illuminated sign per frontage.

Request for Changes to Condition 114
Given the nature of uses approved for this site, particularly the service station and 24 hour
food and beverage use, and the site’s location amongst other industrial and commercial
uses, the requirement to restrict the number of illuminated signs to “one per frontage” (ie.
a total of three for the entire development) is considered unreasonable and too
restrictive.

In respect to the proposal plans submitted with this request (in earlier
correspondence), you will note that the food and beverage use is seeking 5
illuminated signs – all of which comply with the maximum sign face area and total