2021-12-16 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                       16 DECEMBER 2021


December 2021. During the course of discussions at the General Committee Meeting, Councillors
discussed:
    The potential for the business to have adverse impacts on nearby resident’s amenity, including
     from:
     o     the ban saw cutting through bone and the meat grinder and whether this would be audible
           to residents
     o     noise from the refrigerated trailer
    The proposal’s compliance or otherwise with the Home-based business code
In the circumstances, the General Committee requested a further report be presented to the Ordinary
Meeting including reasons for refusal. In response to discussions in the General Committee meeting
the applicant has also provided the following further details around processing times and operations
for Councillor’s consideration.




Staff have considered the issues raised by Councillors but confirm the previous officer
recommendation. Should Council wish to refuse the application, the requested motion below has
been drafted for that purpose.
REQUESTED MOTION
That Council note the report by the Development Planner to the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting dated 13 December 2021 and the further report to the Ordinary Meeting dated 16 December
2021 regarding Application No. MCU21/0154 for a Development Application for a Material Change
of Use for a Home-based Business (Small Scale Meat Processing) situated at 82 Patterson Drive,
Tinbeerwah, and:
A.   Refuse the application for the following reasons:
     1.    The proposed home-based business is not consistent with 9.3.6.2 Purpose and Overall
           Outcomes (1) (b), 2(b), (c) of the Home-Based Business Code as the activity would
           adversely impact the amenity of the surrounding premises and is not compatible with the
           preferred character of the local area.
     2.    The proposal is not consistent with Performance Outcomes PO1, PO7, PO8 and PO9 of
           the Home-Based Business Code because:

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