Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                            NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE
                                                                                                                                    Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions



                                                                                                                                                                  COUNCIL      USE
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA                            ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS                          SOLUTIONS*   COMMENTS
                                                                                                                                                                  ONLY
(d) Service and utility uses, including         S5.3
    electricity substations, major electrical   Where located in a High or Medium
    depots and water treatment plants.          Bushfire Hazard Area identified on
                                                Overlay Maps OM1.4 to OM9.4, uses are
                                                designed to function effectively during and
                                                immediately after bushfire events30.
Hazardous materials                                                                               ✓        Complies with S6.1
O6 Public safety and the environment are        S6.1 Hazardous materials are           not                 Hazardous materials are not manufactured and stored
not adversely affected by the detrimental       manufactured and stored on the site.                       on the site.
impacts of bushfire on hazardous
materials manufactured or stored in bulk.
13.34 Siting, design and construction
O7 Uses and works including building            S7.1 Uses and works including building            ✓        Complies with S7.1
works are sited, designed and constructed       works are sited—                                           Buildings have been sited so as to locate the entire
to—                                             (a) on lots greater than 2500m2;                           development footprint outside of bushfire hazard
(a) minimise the number of people and                 i.  in locations of lowest hazard                    areas, within the potential impact buffer.
    property subject to bushfire risk; and                within the lot (Figure 13.5
(b) maximise the protection of people and                 provides guidance); and
    property during the passage of a fire            ii.  to achieve setbacks from
    front.                                                hazardous vegetation of 1.5
                                                          times the predominant mature
                                                          canopy tree height or 10m
                                                          whichever is the greater; and
                                                    iii.  10m      from    any     retained
                                                          vegetation strips or small areas
                                                          of vegetation; and
                                                    iv.   so that the elements of the
                                                          development least susceptible to
                                                          fire are sited closest to the
                                                          bushfire hazard;
                                                (b) on lots 2500m2 or greater - to
                                                      maximize setbacks from hazardous
                                                      vegetation.




1    Solution: ✓ = Acceptable Solution
               A/S = Alternative Solution                                                                                                         Natural Hazards Overlay Code.docx
               N/A = Not applicable to this proposal

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