Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                            COLUMN 1                                                                   COLUMN 2                                                                 ASSESSMENT
                    SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                           PROBABLE SOLUTIONS (if code assessable)
Scenic amenity
O10                                                                          S10.1 and S11.1                                                            Complies with specific outcome.
The scenic amenity and vegetated character of the                            Vegetation is retained and replanting is                                   The overall development maintains visual amenity
Shire and its watercourses, drainage lines, sloping                          undertaken                                                                 including the vegetated character of Noosa Hill,
land and ridgelines is retained;                                             a) within 30m of prominent ridgelines and                                  through the approved rehabilitation program and
AND                                                                              hillslopes;                                                            the strategic positioning / configuration of the
                                                                             b) in gullies;                                                             proposed buildings.
O11                                                                          c) along watercourses and drainage lines; and
Vegetation which makes a positive contribution to                            d) within 10m of road reserves.
the streetscape or major road network is retained.
Habitat trees
O12                                                                          S12.1                                                                      Complies with specific outcome.
Habitat trees (including dead trees) and recruitment                         No clearing of koala habitat trees greater than 4m in                      The proposal seeks to retain a significant number
habitat trees are protected for native fauna habitat,                        height or with a diameter greater than 100mm at                            of habitat trees. The developer has also
where practicable.                                                           1.3m above the ground12;                                                   undertaken to rehabilitate a large portion of the
                                                                             AND                                                                        overall Viridian site in accordance with the CAS.

                                                                             S12.2
                                                                             No clearing of other habitat trees or recruitment habitat
                                                                             trees.
Lake Macdonald
O13                                                                          S13.1                                                                      Not applicable.
Vegetation within 400m of the full ponded water                              No solution provided.
within Lake Macdonald is retained.
Steep slopes
O14                                                                          S14.1                                                                      Complies with specific outcome.
Vegetation on steep slopes is retained and                                   No solution provided.                                                      Vegetation located on steep slopes is outside the
managed to avoid erosion and landslide and to                                                                                                           boundaries of the subject site.
protect natural resources and values.

12   Schedule 7 maps koala areas to be used for assessing development in koala habitat areas against the koala conservation criteria contained in the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2005 and Management Program 2005-
     2015 or, prior to the adoption of the Conservation Plan, the Interim Guideline: Koalas and Development.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Volume II: Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                                                                       Viridian Noosa Project
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Viridian Stage 3

Biodiversity Overlay Code                                                                                                                                                                              11 April 2006          Page 16