Volume 2 - Code Responses · 132006.823

                           COLUMN 1                                                                COLUMN 2                                                               ASSESSMENT
                   SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                                      PROBABLE SOLUTIONS
                                                                          S5.3
                                                                          Where located in a High or Medium Bushfire
                                                                          Hazard Area identified on Overlay Maps OM1.4 to
                                                                          OM9.4, uses are designed to function effectively
                                                                          during and immediately after bushfire events30.
Hazardous materials
O6                                                                        S6.1                                                                    Complies with probable solution.
Public safety and the environment are not                                 Hazardous materials are not manufactured and
adversely affected by the detrimental impacts of                          stored on the site.
bushfire on hazardous materials manufactured or
stored in bulk.
Siting, design and construction
O7                                                                        S7.1                                                                    Complies with specific outcome.
Uses and works including building works are sited,                        Uses and works including building works are                             All safety and bushfire precautions as per CAS
designed and constructed to                                               sited                                                                   conditions will be upheld in the new proposed
a) minimise the number of people and property                             a) on lots greater than 2500m2;                                         Viridian Stage 3 development.
    subject to bushfire risk; and                                              i) in locations of lowest hazard within the lot
b) maximise the protection of people and                                            (Figure 13.5 provides guidance); and                          A Bushfire Management Plan has been prepared
    property during the passage of a fire front.                               ii) to achieve setbacks from hazardous                             for the site. The EMP s targets and actions will
                                                                                    vegetation of 1.5 times the predominant                       significantly reduce fire risk to bushland, person or
                                                                                    mature canopy tree height or 10m                              property.
                                                                                    whichever is the greater; and
                                                                               iii) 10m from any retained vegetation strips or
                                                                                    small areas of vegetation; and
                                                                               iv) so that the elements of the development
                                                                                    least susceptible to fire are sited closest to
                                                                                    the bushfire hazard;
                                                                          b) on lots 2500m2 or greater - to maximise
                                                                               setbacks from hazardous vegetation37

30   PSP1 details information Council may request for determining 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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