Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                   COLUMN 1                                             COLUMN 2                                           ASSESSMENT
             SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                          PROBABLE SOLUTIONS (if code assessable)
e) allows for the opening of car doors along urban    S23.3
   streets;                                           Street trees are planted a minimum of 1m from the
f) allows for maintenance or emergency access to      back of the kerb in the road reserve verge.
   service corridors and utilities;
g) maintains site distances to and from corners,
   intersections, driveways and pedestrian crossing
   points; and
h) maintains overland stormwater flow to avoid
   ponding on footpaths, nature strips or adjoining
   premises.
Environment protection and conservation
Watercourses and drainage lines
O24                                                   S24.1                                               Complies with specific outcome.
Landscaping works along watercourses and              No solution provided.                               All habitat areas along the drainage line and on the
drainage lines                                                                                            hill adjacent to the Noosa National Park are
a) retains and enhances the existing riparian                                                             undergoing revegetation and are designated as
   vegetation including understorey; and                                                                  public conservation land or covered by the
b) rehabilitates and revegetates degraded riparian                                                        environmental covenant on title.
   zones to filter stormwater run-off and provide
   for native wildlife habitat; and                                                                       The rehabilitation areas have been planted with a
c) avoids slashing and turfing of waterway edges                                                          minimum of 36,000 plants approved by Council as
   and drainage lines; and                                                                                representative of the ecosystems native to the site.
d) avoids engineering design solutions, such as                                                           The role of the hillside vegetation and drainage line
   concrete drains; and                                                                                   as habitat and wildlife corridors, and their role in
e) use natural materials in the construction of                                                           buffering and extending the habitat of the adjacent
   boardwalks, bridges and similar structures to                                                          National Park, will be significantly enhanced.
   blend with the natural environment.




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                                                                                                                                            Viridian Noosa Project
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