PR18082_BIK_Settlers Cove Stage 4_RevC · OPW18/0253

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Fire retardant features accepted within the fuel control area include paved pathways, swimming pools,
mowed grass or fire-retardant vegetation (refer to Appendix 1). Any features will need to ensure that
access to the hydrant and tap is available.
A hose reel is to be permanently fitted to the hydrant.
Fuel reduction must occur in the building fuel control area, at least fortnightly, during the fire danger
season, i.e. September to March.
Fuel load monitoring of this area is to be undertaken annually before the end of June. A bushfire
management specialist will be engaged to perform fuel load monitoring in the fuel control area and the
covenant area and will consider the fuel reduction performance objectives outlined in this section when
identifying annual fuel reduction works.
Within two weeks of completing the fuel load monitoring, the bushfire management specialist will provide
a brief report which presents the results of the fuel load monitoring and identifies weeds and fuel
reduction works.
The fuel reduction performance objectives within the fuel control area are:
•   treatment of weeds;
•   surface fuel layer is < 10 – 25 mm deep across 60 – 80% of the area;
•   Lawn maintained to < 100 mm in height;
•   groundcover plants (including plantings) in the near-surface fuel layer do not exceed a density of 2
    plants/3 m2 and are maintained to remove dead leaves and trimmed to a maximum of 30 cm in
    height;
•   No forest litter from the covenant area in gardens; and
•   Fire retardant vegetation height below 30 cm.
The fuel reduction performance objectives will be achieved by:
•   Visually monitoring lawn and garden areas;
•   Mowing lawn to ensure lawn height is maintained; and
•   Collecting and removing dead leaves, branches and forest litter from gardens by hand or with a
    garden blower/vacuum.

2.1.2   POSCWP area
This section applies to fuel reduction in the remainder of the covenant area, which extends from the
covenant fuel control area to the Noosa Inlet. It consists of a mixture of sclerophyll vegetation and littoral
rainforest adjacent to intertidal vegetation fringing the Noosa Inlet.
The building is setback from the covenant area boundary by 25-40 metres. There is a 10m to 30m width
of sclerophyll forest to the west of the proposed development area that will present some fire threat but
this threat is low as it is mitigated by the presence of littoral rainforest species (e.g. swamp mahogany,
heathland and predominantly moist ground conditions).
This area is to be managed to protect and reinforce its environmental values including its Koala habitat
and corridor values, Glossy Black Cockatoo habitat values, scenic amenity values and water quality
protection function. All known Koala habitat and Glossy Black Cockatoo trees shall be protected unless
specific approval is provided by Council. All native trees and vegetation must not be removed, pruned,
lopped, damaged or otherwise adversely affected without written approval from Council’s Manager –
Environmental Services.
Control burning is not an appropriate means of fire fuel reduction in the narrow areas of restored
bushland adjacent to residential areas. Therefore, fuel reduction in these areas will continue to be
undertaken by hand. The fire fuel load shall not exceed 10 tonnes/ha.
The presence and location of weed species in the covenant area will also be recorded and the weed
are to be controlled as per identified in the ERP (C&B Group, 2005).



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