Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

10.0         NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE
10.1         Bushfire Hazard Areas
                           COLUMN 1                                                                  COLUMN 2                                                                ASSESSMENT
                    SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                                       PROBABLE SOLUTIONS
Effects of use and works
New Uses
O4                                                                         S4.1                                                                      Complies with specific outcome.
The proposed use does not compromise the safety                            The use is sited on land that is not in a Medium or                       The site has very little vegetation and has a low
of people or property from bushfire.                                       High Bushfire Hazard Area29.                                              fire risk. All safety and bushfire precautions as per
                                                                                                                                                     CAS conditions will be upheld in the new
                                                                                                                                                     proposed Viridian Stage 3 development.
                                                                                                                                                     A Bushfire Management Plan has been prepared
                                                                                                                                                     for the site. The EMP s targets and actions will
                                                                                                                                                     significantly reduce fire risk to bushland, person or
                                                                                                                                                     property.
Protection of Infrastructure and Community Uses
O5                                                                         S5.1                                                                      Not applicable.
Community Uses and Infrastructure Uses,                                    Community Uses and Infrastructure Uses are                                None of the listed uses are proposed on the site.
including that identified below, are able to function                      not located in a High or Medium Bushfire Hazard
effectively during and immediately after bushfire                          Area identified on Overlay Maps OM1.4 to
events                                                                     OM9.4;
a) Emergency service facilities;                                           OR
b) Hospitals;
c) Education Type 4 uses, including stores for                             S5.2
    valuable records or items of historic or cultural                      Building work will not involve more than an
    significance; and                                                      additional 20m2 of Gross Floor Area to an existing
d) Service and utility uses, including electricity                         building;
    substations, major electrical depots and water                         OR
    treatment plants.
29   If Probable Solution S4.1 is complied with no further action is required. PSP1 details information Council may request to determine whether or not the site is in a Medium or High Bushfire Hazard Area, as well as
     information relating to the preparation a Bushfire Management Plan. Appendix 9 of the SPP Guidelines: Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and Landslide provides more information on Bushfire
     Management Plans.
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