Appendix B - Code Assessment

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 3
Part 6 Zones \ 6.8 Other Zones Category \ 6.8.1 Community Facilities Zone Code




 PO32                                                     AO32
 Service areas including loading, waste storage areas,    Areas used for the loading or unloading of goods or        Service areas will be domestic in nature and will not
 mechanical plant and open air storage are presented      equipment, mechanical plant, storage of waste or           involve commercial loading, large waste storage
 in a manner that does not detract from the visual        machinery or stockpiling of other material on site are:    areas or open-air storage. Waste storage and any
 amenity of the local area.                               (a) located no closer than 3 metres from any               mechanical plant can be located and screened so as
                                                               boundary; and                                         not to detract from the visual amenity of the locality.
                                                          (b) screened from view from outside the site.

 PO33                                                   No acceptable outcomes provided                              Complies.
 Development creates a safe environment by
 incorporating key elements of crime prevention through                                                              Re-occupation of the vacant building as Rooming
 environmental design in its layout considering:                                                                     Accommodation will improve casual surveillance and
 (a) casual surveillance and sight lines;                                                                            site activation. The existing building layout, access
 (b) exterior building design that promotes safety;                                                                  and car parking areas can be managed in a manner
 (c) lighting;                                                                                                       that maintains safe access, clear sight lines and
 (d) signage and wayfinding;                                                                                         appropriate security for residents.
 (e) minimising entrapment locations; and
 (f) building entrances, loading and storage areas
       that are well lit and lockable after hours.
 Editor’s note—development should reflect the
 principles of Crime Prevention through Environmental
 Design Guidelines for Queensland.

 Lighting                                                 AO34.1                                                     Complies.
 PO34                                                     Lighting of appropriate intensities is provided which
 Lighting of appropriate intensities is provided to       satisfies the requirements of Australian Standard          Any external lighting associated with the Rooming
 building entrances, carparks and pedestrian paths is     AS1158: Public Lighting Code unless otherwise              Accommodation will be residential in scale and can
 provided to maximise safety.                             specified in this Code.                                    be directed onto the site and away from
                                                          AO34.2                                                     neighbouring properties. Existing and future lighting
                                                          Recreation and open space areas are lit according to       can be managed to maintain safety without creating
                                                          AS4282—Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor         unreasonable light spill.
                                                          lighting while still being a minimum 20 lux at footpath
                                                          level.
                                                          AO34.3
                                                          External lighting of a graduated intensity is provided
                                                          which starts at a lower level of brightness at the
                                                          perimeter of the site and rises to a higher level at the
                                                          entrance to buildings or at the centre of the site.


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