App D - Code Tables · MCU17/0024.04

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 2
Part 6 Zones \ 6.6 Recreation Zones Category \ 6.6.1 Recreation and Open Space
Zone Code




(c)   preserve the amenity of the open space setting      (b)   otherwise 8 metres in building height (for
      and adjoining residential land including privacy,         buildings) and height (for structures) measured
      views and access to sunlight for residential              from the ground level.
      dwellings;                                          AO16.2
(d)   respect the scale of surrounding vegetation;        The exposed portion of the external elevation of the
(e)   have a maximum building height of:                  building cannot exceed the respective building heights
      (i)   one storey if within the area of a            in AO15.1 and do not appear to exceed more than:
            commercial jetty lease; or                    (a) one storey if within the area of a commercial jetty
      (ii) otherwise two storeys; and                           lease; or
(f)   do not visually exceed the number of storeys in     (b) otherwise two storeys.
      (e) above when viewed externally from the           Editor's note—refer to figure AP3-13A
      building.

Site cover, gross floor area and building bulk            AO17                                                                  PO17- comply
PO17                                                      Site cover does not exceed:                                          The site cover exceeds that required of AO17 but
Building and structures have a small footprint on the     (a) 45% for the portion of Lot 3 SP 246584 north of                  fully complies with PO17 for the following reasons-
site, do not reduce the useability of open space or             Walter Hay Drive, Noosaville; or                               •     the extension has a small footprint of 130m²
dominate the site.                                        (b) otherwise 10%.                                                   •     The usability of the open space is not impeded
                                                          Editor's note—any structures greater than 1 metre above                    as the extension is proposed in a landscaped
                                                          ground level will contribute to site cover as well as balconies,           area.
                                                          roof patios, decks and the like.                                     •     Council has recently completed Park
                                                          Editor’s note — Where the site is included in more than one                improvements, and the extension does not
                                                          zone, site cover calculations are for that part of the site in the         interfere with or inhibit the use of the new
                                                          Recreation and Open Space zone only.
                                                                                                                                     facilities.
                                                          Editor’s note— Where a property is included in more than
                                                          one zone, for example in the Recreation and Open Space               •     The community service that the SBSLSC
                                                          zone and the Environmental Management and Conservation                     provides far out weighs the small portion of the
                                                          Zone, only the portion in the Recreation and Open Space                    Park area it is proposed to occupy.
                                                          zone is considered when calculating site cover , as the              •     The extension is less than 5m in height and is
                                                          portion in the Environmental Management and Conservation                   partially under ground given the slope of the
                                                          Zone contributes nothing to development yield.                             ground.
PO18                                                    AO18.1                                                                  AO18 – Comply
Buildings and other roofed structures do not present an Buildings or roofed structures do not generally exceed                 The extension is 180m² and the whole building is
appearance of bulk in the open space setting, to        a gross floor area of:                                                 less than 1,000m² and the length of wall is less than
                                                                                                                               15 metres.
adjacent properties, roads or surrounding area.         (a) 1000m2 for the portion of Lot 3 SP246584 to the
                                                              north of Walter Hay Drive, Noosaville; or




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