Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                       BIODIVERSITY OVERLAY CODE
                                                                                                                                             Specific Outcomes and Probable Solutions



                                                                                                                                         COMMENTS                              COUNCIL USE
               SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                 PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                     SOLUTIONS*
                                                                                                                                                                                  ONLY
                                                                  below, measured from high water
                                                                  mark or the top of the bank,
                                                                  whichever is the greater distance—
                                                          Feature                         Distance
                                                          Stream order 1 or 2             5m
                                                          Stream order 3 or 4             10 m
                                                          Stream order greater than 4     20 m
                                                                  AND

                                                          S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out on            N/A       Not Applicable
                                                               that part of premises indicated as
                                                               Riparian Buffer Area and outside                      Development is for a residential care facility
                                                               the separation distances specified
                                                               in S5.5—
                                                                 a)   species planted are of local
                                                                      origin and are harvested
                                                                      through sustainable harvesting;
                                                                      and
                                                                 b)   any undesirable plant species
                                                                      are replaced by vegetation of
                                                                      local origin.

 Koala Habitat Areas14
 O6     Development is designed, constructed and          S6.1 Koala sensitive development                 A/S       Complies with O6
        operated to avoid adverse impacts on koalas            design and measures are
        and koala habitat and includes measures to             implemented in accordance with                        The development footprint avoids areas mapped as
        assist the survival of koala populations in the        Section 6 Policy 1 – Koala                            koala habitat.
        area.                                                  sensitive design as contained in
                                                               the Nature Conservation (Koala)
        AND                                                    Conservation Plan 2006 and
                                                               Management Program 2006 –
                                                               2016.

 O7     Development provides for koala movement           S7.1        Koala sensitive development          N/A       Not Applicable




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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