Appendix A - Code Assessment

Performance outcomes                Acceptable outcomes                   Compliance
type and scale of buildings and     the boundary of adjoining
structures proposed, the use of     properties in the environmental
buildings and structures,           management and conservation
construction methods, level of      zone; or
containment and ventilation,        a waterway shown on the
potential noise, odour or air       Biodiversity, Waterways and
pollutant nuisance, topography,     Wetlands Overlay maps in
climatic variables, existing        schedule 2.
vegetation between land uses,
                                    AO8.3                               Complies
and a range of management
                                    With the exception of a roadside    The proposed use is not a rural
practices that can be employed to
                                    stall, buildings and structures     activity.
mitigate off-site impacts.
                                    associated with a rural activity or
                                    industrial activity are set back 20
                                    metres from a road reserve or 40
                                    metres from any part of the major
                                    road network.
                                    AO8.4                                 Complies
                                    In addition to the circumstances      The proposed dwelling house
                                    of AO8.1, to AO8.3 above,             complies.
                                    buildings and structures meet the
                                    following minimum boundary
                                    setbacks:
                                    20 metres from a property
                                    boundary of adjoining land in the
                                    Environmental management and
                                    conservation zone;
                                    a distance greater than the width
                                    of the riparian buffer area shown
                                    on Biodiversity, Waterways and
                                    Wetland Overlay maps;
                                    10 metres from a road frontage;
                                    and
                                    10 metres from the side and rear
                                    boundaries or 6 metres where the
                                    lot area does not exceed 1
                                    hectare, with the exception that if
                                    the height of the building or
                                    structure exceeds 9 metres the
                                    setback to the side and rear
                                    boundaries is equal to twice its
                                    height in metres.
                                    AO8.5                                 Performance Outcome
                                    On properties over 2 hectares in      The dwelling will be located
                                    area, a distance of not less than     within 200m of the agricultural
                                    200 metres is provided between a      land area. This does result in the
                                    sensitive land use and land on an     diminished productive capacity of
                                    adjacent rural zone property over     the Agricultural Land
                                    4 hectares in mapped Agricultural     Conservation Area. There is only a
                                    Land Conservation Area.               small amount of land on the site
                                                                          within the overlay.

                                                                          The overlay should not prevent