Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                 BIODIVERSITY OVERLAY CODE
                                                                                                                                       Specific Outcomes and Probable Solutions



                                                                                                                                   COMMENTS                            COUNCIL USE
            SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                            PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                       SOLUTIONS*
                                                                                                                                                                          ONLY
                                                               the development constraints of
                                                               the property and the need to
                                                               protect environmental and
                                                               riparian values;
                                                          OR

                                                    S5.3 For Animal husbandry on                     N/A       Not Applicable
                                                         premises in the Rural Zone—
                                                                                                               Development is for a residential care facility
                                                         a)    stock proof fencing is installed
                                                               along watercourses at a
                                                               distance of no less than 10m
                                                               from the top of the bank;
                                                         b)    stock watering points are
                                                               located no less than 15m away
                                                               from the top of the bank of
                                                               watercourses; and
                                                         c)    stock crossing points across
                                                               watercourses are defined and
                                                               controlled with stock proof
                                                               fencing, to prevent stock from
                                                               damaging riparian vegetation
                                                               or banks to watercourses;
                                                          OR

                                                    S5.4 Recreational facilities (including          N/A       Not Applicable
                                                         playgrounds, pergolas, barbeques
                                                         etc) are setback a minimum of 30m                     Development is for a residential care facility
                                                         from the top of the bank of a
                                                         watercourse and 10m from the top
                                                         of the bank of a drainage line;
                                                          OR

                                                    S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated            N/A       Not Applicable
                                                         area is separated from
                                                         watercourses by a distance not                        Development is for a residential care facility
                                                         less than the distances identified




Solution:   ✓     Acceptable Solution                 Amended by Council:                                                                                       August 2011
            A/S   Alternative Solution                Current as at:                                                                                            August 2012
            N/A   Not applicable to this proposal
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