Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                     COLUMN 1                                           COLUMN 2                                          ASSESSMENT
               SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                         PROBABLE SOLUTIONS (if code assessable)
                                                    f)    for freehold lots less than 10ha where
                                                          i. located within an area identified as a
                                                              Bushfire Hazard Area on the Natural
                                                              Hazards Overlay Maps OM1.4- OM9.4;
                                                              and
                                                          ii. an on site assessment in accordance with
                                                              Australian Standard AS3959 confirms the
                                                              site is within a Medium or High Bushfire
                                                              Hazard Area

                                                          interference with vegetation does not extend
                                                          beyond 10m of a building or structure or a
                                                          distance equal to 1.5 times the predominant
                                                          mature canopy tree height, whichever is the
                                                          greater.
Open space networks & wildlife corridors
O9                                                  S9.1                                                 Complies with specific outcome.
Open space networks and wildlife corridors are      Vegetation is enhanced through revegetation and      The existing wildlife corridor is retained and is not
maintained and embellished to provide for viable    vegetation maintenance in areas indicated in         adversely affected by the proposed development. It
connectivity between vegetation by protecting and   Schedule 5 on Map 4 - Open Space Networks.           is further protected by the environmental
replanting vegetation of local origin               AND                                                  covenant.
a) along watercourses, drainage lines and
    ridgelines; and                                 S9.2
b) as linkages between areas of remnant             Existing wildlife corridors are retained and
    vegetation, including                           embellished to a minimum width of 100m.
    i. across property boundaries;
    ii. to areas of national park, conservation
         park, State forest or reserve; and
    iii. into adjoining local government areas.


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