Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                              NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE
                                                                                                                                      Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions



                                                                                                                                                                       COUNCIL     USE
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA                            ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS                         SOLUTIONS*   COMMENTS
                                                                                                                                                                       ONLY
(a) Emergency service facilities;               OR
(b) Hospitals;                                  S3.2 The community infrastructure
(c) Education Type 4 uses, including            development—
    stores for valuable records or items of     (a) does not result in any new building
    historic or cultural significance; and          work other than an addition to an
(d) Service and utility uses, including             existing building;
    electricity substations, major electrical   (b) does not involve vegetation clearing;
    depots and water treatment plants.              and
                                                (c) does not alter ground levels or
                                                    stormwater conditions; or

                                                S3.3 The development includes measures
                                                that ensure—
                                                (a) the long term stability of the site;
                                                (b) access to the site will not be impeded
                                                     by
                                                (c) landslide event; and
                                                (d) the community infrastructure will not
                                                     be adversely affected by landslides
                                                     originating on sloping land above the
                                                     site28.
13.33 Effects of use and works
New Uses                                                                                         ✓        Complies with S4.1
O4 The proposed use does not S4.1 The use is sited on land that is not in                                 The facility is not located on land that is in a Medium or
compromise the safety of people or a Medium or High Bushfire Hazard                                       High Bushfire Hazard Area.
property from bushfire.                         Area29.
Protection      of    Infrastructure      and                                                    ✓        Complies with S4.1
Community Uses                                                                                            The facility is not located on land that is in a Medium or
O5 Community Uses and Infrastructure S5.1                  Community       Uses      and                  High Bushfire Hazard Area.
Uses, including that identified below, are Infrastructure Uses are not located in a
able to function effectively during and High or Medium Bushfire Hazard Area
immediately after bushfire events—              identified on Overlay Maps OM1.4 to
(a) Emergency service facilities;               OM9.4; or
(b) Hospitals;                                  S5.2
(c) Education Type 4 uses, including            Building work will not involve more than
    stores for valuable records or items of     an additional 20m2 of Gross Floor Area to
    historic or cultural significance; and      an existing building; or
1    Solution: ✓ = Acceptable Solution
                 A/S = Alternative Solution                                                                                                          Natural Hazards Overlay Code.docx
                 N/A = Not applicable to this proposal

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