2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                18 AUGUST 2015


Signage Provisions
The Advertising Devices Code regulates signage and is applicable to this application. The
pertinent issues arising out of the assessment against the code are discussed below.
Definition of Sign face area
The applicant suggests the sign face area of the wall sign (continuous display boxes) is
1.512m² and has calculated the size of 1 x ‘display sheet’ that is placed within each display
box and multiplied it by the number of display boxes. This method of calculation is not
agreed with as it is not per the Planning Scheme definition which states:
Sign face area means—
a)   the area of the smallest rectangle that can wholly contain the advertising device,
     inclusive of any decorative lines, stripes, borders and architectural trims that
     immediately surround the device;
It is considered the whole display case fixed to the wall is calculated as sign face area which
includes a border and architectural trim.
Non-compliance with Probable Solutions
The wall sign face area (continuous display boxes) of 9.03m², located around a masonry
stairwell, does not comply with Probable Solution S2.6 which limits the sign face area of a
wall sign to a maximum of 4m².
The total sign face area (the combined area of all signs on the premises) of 13.12m² does
not comply with Probable Solution S2.7 which limits the total face area for the premises to a
maximum of 10m².
Given the non-compliance with the above Probable Solutions, the signs must be assessed
against Specific Outcome O1 g) & j) and Specific Outcome O2 of the Advertising Devices
Code as follows:
Specific Outcome O1 The following advertising devices are inconsistent with the overall
outcomes sought by this Code and are not located in the former Noosa Shire —
a)   Balloons or other gas filled advertising devices;
b)   Blind signs;
c)   Attached Flagpole signs;
d)   Moving signs;
e)   Roof signs;
f)   Signs illuminated by, or incorporating, neon lighting;
g)   Signs with a sign face area exceeding 4m²;
h)   Sky signs;
i)   3-Dimensional sign;
j)   any combination of signs on one premise with a combined sign face area of more than
     10m².
Specific Outcome O1 g) & j) states the proposed signage is inconsistent with the outcomes
sought by the Advertising Devices Code.
Specific Outcome O2 Advertising devices—
f)   are compatible with the human-scale and character of the locality in which they are
     situated;
g)   are compatible with the scale, proportion, bulk and other characteristics of buildings,
     structures and landscaping; and
h)   are designed, sited and integrated so as not to contribute to the proliferation of visual
     clutter.




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