G - Engineering Code Assessment

2.0 EARTHWORKS CODE

 Performance outcomes               Acceptable outcomes                    Assessment Outcomes

 PO1                                S1.1 The finished surface             The land generally slopes
                                    gradient of any filled or excavated   towards Margit Crescent
 Finished surface levels ensure     area is within the range 0.5% to      at 7%
 land is free draining.             1.5% and drains to Council’s
                                    stormwater infrastructure where
                                    available or where stormwater
                                    infrastructure is not available,
                                    toward the street.




 PO2                                No solution provided.                 Complies. The proposed
                                                                          development maintains
Any change to the level of the                                            the existing drainage
land does not have an adverse                                             regime and is of a scale
flooding impact on the flooding                                           consistent to the existing
and drainage characteristics off-                                         site land use.
site.


 PO3                                S3.1 Filling works are undertaken     Complies.
                                    in accordance with Section 2.8-       Site earthworks will be
 Earthworks do not result in        Filling of Site of Council’s PSP5 -   typically excavation and
 geotechnical instability on the    Engineering Design Standards-         removal. These works are
 premises or nearby premises.       Roads and Drainage &                  to be undertaken to
                                    Earthworks AND                        construct the garage and
                                                                          will form part of the
                                    S3.2 Where the filling is for         Building works
                                    residential commercial or             assessment with respect
                                    industrial purposes the works         to the structure required
                                    comply with Australian Standard -     to retain the excavation.
                                    Guidelines for earthworks on
                                    commercial & residential
                                    development.

 PO4                                S4.1 The following control            Complies.
                                    measures are implemented—
Earthworks do not cause
disturbance to the amenity of the   a) regular water spraying of          Nuisance control
                                                                          measures as described in
neighbouring land.                  exposed areas to suppress dust;
                                                                          S4.1 and S4.2 can be
                                    b) provision of dust stabilised or    implemented on site.
                                    sealed internal roads;

                                    c) protective covering of exposed
                                    areas that are left for more than 2
                                    weeks; and

                                    d) if there is no valid development