20181085-ASC7 - Part 14 Assessement Criteria (Codes) (1)

                                                       Table 14-44 — Building works
                 Including amendments to 8 June 2018
The Noosa Plan



                                                                            column 1                                                      column 2
                                                                        Specific Outcomes                                     Acceptable solutions (if accepted
                                                                                                                            development subject to requirements)
                                                                                                                           Probable solutions (if code assessment)
                                                       14.94       Siting
                                                       Setbacks
                                                       O1 Buildings and other structures are                           S1.1 The minimum setback of buildings and
                                                       appropriately designed and sited to—                            structures from boundaries is not less than the
                                                       a)   provide amenity for users of the premises                  minimum specified in Schedule 1.
                                                            as well as preserve the visual and
                                                            acoustic privacy of adjoining and nearby                   Alternative provision to QDC.
                                                            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 earthworks25
                                                       O2 Buildings and other works are designed                       S2.1 For new buildings or additions of more
                                                       and sited to—                                                   than 50m2 gross floor area to an existing
                                                       a)    provide flood free access to premises and                 building, floor levels of habitable rooms are—
                                                             flood free habitable areas;                                a) for areas where minimum floor levels are
                                                       b)    allow only minor, short term and                                available, not less than the specified level;
                                                             infrequent flooding of non-habitable areas;                b) for areas where flood modelling is
                                                       c)    ensure drainage does not adversely                              available, a minimum of 300mm above the
                                                             impact upon other premises; and                                 modelled flood level; and
                                                       d)    ensure filling, excavation or retaining                    c) for areas where flood modelling is not
                                                             strctures do not adversely impact upon                          available, a minimum of 300mm above the
                                                             other premises by—                                              highest known flood level;
                                                              i.     causing ponding of water on the                   OR
                                                                     site or nearby land; and                          S2.2 For additions of not more than 50m 2 gross
                                                              ii.    increasing flooding, which                        floor area to an existing building—floor levels of
                                                                     adversely affects the safety or use               habitable rooms are not less than the level of
                                                                     of any land upstream and                          other habitable rooms in the building;
                                                                     downstream;                                        AND
                                                              iii.   adversely affecting the flow of                   S2.3 Filling, other than for accessways, does
                                                                     water in any overland flow path;                  not extend more than 1m beyond the footprint of
                                                                     and                                               any building, measured from outer walls of the
                                                              iv.    adversely affecting the privacy or                building;
                                                                     visual amenity of surrounding
                                                       25
                                                         Information on minimum floor levels or flood levels for parts of the Shire are available from Council. These provisions are
                                                       not limited to areas shown as Flood Hazard Areas on Overlay Maps OM1.3-9.3.




                                                                                                                  14-100
                                                                                                           Building Works Code