2019-12-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                 16 DECEMBER 2019


REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE


3                        PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDMENTS - ADVERTISING DEVICES - POST 2ND
                         ROUND OF CONSULTATION
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                               Principal Strategic Planner, Anita Lakeland
                                     Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index                                ECM/ Subject/ 37.14 – Local Law No. 1 – Administration Amendment
                                     Advertising Devices

Attachments                          1.    Tracked change extracts of changes post 2nd round consultation
                                     2.    Public Interest Test Report
                                     3.    Administration and Other Subordinate Local Law (Amendment)
                                           Subordinate Local Law (No. 1) 2019 (Note: Attachment has been provided
                                           separately to this report)
                                     4.    Administration (Amendment) Local Law (No.1) 2019
                                     5.    Schedule of Anti –competitive provisions



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A draft local law for advertising devices was prepared to consolidate all existing advertising
device requirements currently operating under The Noosa Plan and two local laws into a single
local law.
The draft local law was originally placed on public notification for an extended 7 week period
where 302 submissions were received. Following a detailed review of the submissions, a revised
version of the draft local law was prepared and placed on a second round of public notification for
a period of 3 weeks.11 submissions were received on the revised version of the draft local law.
A final version of the draft local, with minor changes in response to submissions, is now
presented to Council for adoption.
A consolidated version of the local laws incorporating the draft local law amendments will
separately be reported to Council for adoption in January 2020.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the General Committee Meeting
dated 16 December 2019 and resolve:
A.                       To make the following changes in response to submissions to the Administration and Other
                         Subordinate Local Law (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No.1) 2019 shown in tracked
                         change extracts in Attachment 1:
                         i.     amend the requirements for sandwich board / A-Frame signs to clarify that the
                                sandwich board / A-Frame must be placed on the property to which it refers, or where
                                this is not practically possible, immediately abutting the property on public land;
                         ii.    remove the 2m clear pedestrian walkway requirement for sandwich board / A –Frame
                                signs and instead state that clear pedestrian, wheelchair and pram access must be
                                maintained at all times;
                         iii.   clarify the wording for event directional signage to say that it must only be displayed
                                on the days of the event and not more than 7 days prior to the event;


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