APPENDIX B - Local Assessment

DIVISION 11 - BUILDING WORKS CODE
Table 14-44 — Building works

 Specific Outcomes                  Probable Solutions                 Response

 14.94 Siting

 Setbacks
 O1                                  S1.1
                                                                       Complies – the building has no
 Buildings and other structures      The minimum setback of
 are appropriately designed and buildings and structures from          requirement for setbacks (0.0m)
 sited to—                           boundaries is not less than the   in accordance to Schedule 1 –
 a) provide amenity for users of minimum specified in Schedule         Minimum boundary setbacks for
     the premises as well as         1.                                buildings and other structures in
     preserve the visual and         Alternative provision to QDC.     the applicable zone.
     acoustic privacy of adjoining
     and nearby land uses;
 b) preserve any existing
     vegetation that will buffer the
     proposed building from
     adjoining uses;
 c) allow for landscaping to be
     provided between buildings;
 d) maintain the visual continuity
     and pattern of buildings and
     landscape elements within
     the street;
 e) for class 10a buildings, do
     not visually dominate the
     street;
 f) avoid any significant
     adverse impacts on the
     natural values of
     watercourses and their
     foreshores, including those
     of the Noosa River and its
     lakes; and
 g) do not interrupt the natural
     cycles of erosion and
     accretion of watercourses
     and foreshore areas.

 Flooding, drainage and earthworks

 O2                               S2.1
 Buildings and other works are    For new buildings or additions of
 designed and sited to—           more than 50m2 gross floor area Complies
 a) provide flood free access to to an existing building, floor       There are no habitable rooms
     premises and flood free      levels of habitable rooms are—
                                                                      proposed in this application.
     habitable areas;             a) for areas where minimum
 b) allow only minor, short term      floor levels are available, not
     and infrequent flooding of       less than the specified level;
     non-habitable areas;         b) for areas where flood
 c) ensure drainage does not          modelling is available, a
     adversely impact upon other      minimum of 300mm above
     premises; and                    the modelled flood level;
 d) ensure filling, excavation or     and
     retaining structures do not