2015-01-15 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                      15 JANUARY 2015


              Council reserves the right to require further amendments and/or additions at a
              later date should design errors become apparent.
        6.    Council reserves the right to call up any performance bond held or levy charges
              against the property, should emergency works be required to be undertaken by
              Council to make the site safe due to inactivity on the development site for
              extended periods of time.
        7.    Should any changes or modifications to the approved plans be required as a
              result of construction constraints, a “Request to change an existing approval”
              under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 must be made. Amended plans
              clearly indicating the changes must be lodged with this application along with
              the appropriate fees.
              Prestart, On and Off Maintenance Inspections Request
        8.    Contact Council on 5329 6244 to arrange a prestart or an inspection giving a
              minimum of 5 business days’ notice of preferred inspection time.

        9.    If Council officers are required to undertake additional inspections of the same
              works, a reinspection fee will be applicable in accordance with Council’s Fees
              and Charges register applicable at the time.
              Erosion and Sediment Control
        10.   Accepted best practice standards include:
              a.   the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Manual for Erosion and Sediment
                   Control V1.2 or other superseding document subsequently adopted by
                   Noosa Council;
              b.   Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control, International Erosion
                   Control Association (2008)
        11.   As a general rule, a site is determined to have achieved effective short-term
              stabilisation if at the time of the request for “on maintenance”:
              a.     Methods of stabilisation are:
                          appropriate for slopes and slope lengths; and
                          are consistent with best practice environmental management
                            practices such as in the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control
                            or the IECA Manual; and
                          Stormwater runoff from the site is not currently, and is not likely to
                            result in visible evidence of sedimentation or erosion, or lead to
                            water contamination.
        12.   If at the time of request for “on maintenance”, the method of short-term
              stabilisation has not achieved a level of stability that Council's Officers believe
              will have a high probability of achieving long term stability, Council Officers may
              take the following matters into consideration in determining whether the site is
              capable of achieving medium to long-term stability:
              a.     Evidence that the site has been effectively stabilised in the short term;
              b.     Evidence that soil has been adequately ameliorated;
              c.     Evidence that seed of annual and perennial grass species has been
                     applied at an adequate rate; and
              d.     That grass seed has germinated at a density that is likely to achieve an
                     effective grass cover.
              For example, while hydromulch can provide an immediate and effective
              stabilising cover to soils, the protective cover can be relatively short-lived if
              vegetation fails to establish before the thin layer of mulch decomposes. So if
              hydromulch is selected as the method of temporary short term stabilisation,
              Council Officers will seek to confirm that perennial as well as annual grasses
              are well established to reduce the risk of instability of the site in the medium to

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