Attachment H - Environmental Values Assesment

Callaghan and Toth Consulting Engineers______________________________________________________
Biodiversity Overlay

     c) maintaining wildlife corridors along                           OR                                                                                      vegetation communities both upstream and downstream
        watercourses and drainage lines for                            S5.2 Where constructing a Detached house or                                             of the Lower Mill site. This riparian zone does provide a
        native fauna movement;                                         Community residence and on an allotment situated                                        wildlife corridor along Cooroy Creek and down to Six Mile
     d) avoiding edge effects and                                      wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,                                                 Creek.
        incompatible uses in riparian zones;                           a) fronting the Noosa River – development is
     e) maintaining bank stability by                                     setback a minimum of 40m from mean high water                                        As part of the proposed development water quality will be
        minimising bank erosion and                                       spring or as otherwise prescribed by the                                             managed as per the attached Stormwater Quality
        slumping;                                                         Environmental Protection Agency’s Erosion prone                                      Management Plan (SWQMP) by Callaghan and Toth Pty
     f) maintaining water quality by filtering                            Area Maps;                                                                           Ltd. The proposed treatment systems will treat sediment
        sediments, nutrients and other                                 b) not fronting Noosa River –                                                           and nutrients loads in the stormwater flows, to protect the
        pollutants; and                                                   development is located outside the riparian zone                                     water quality of the adjacent watercourse.
     g) removing undesirable plant species                                and setback a suitable distance from the
        and replacing them with vegetation of                             watercourse having regard to the development
        local origin;                                                     constraints of the property and the need to protect
                                                                          environmental and riparian values;
                                                                       OR
                                                                       S5.3 For Animal husbandry on premises in the
                                                                          Rural Zone –
                                                                       a) stock proof fencing is installed along watercourses
                                                                          at a distance of no less than 10m from the top of
                                                                          the bank;
                                                                       b) stock watering points are located no less than
                                                                          15m away from the top of the bank of
                                                                          watercourses; and
                                                                       c) stock crossing points across watercourses are
                                                                          defined and controlled with stock proof fencing, to
                                                                          prevent stock from damaging riparian vegetation
                                                                          or banks to watercourses;
                                                                       OR
                                                                       S5.4 Recreational facilities (including playgrounds,
                                                                       pergolas, barbeques etc) are setback a minimum of
                                                                       30m from the top of the bank of a watercourse and
                                                                       10m from the top of the bank of a drainage line;

                                                                       OR
                                                                       S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated area is
                                                                       separated from watercourses by a distance not less
                                                                       than the distances identified below, measured from
                                                                       high water mark or the top the bank, whichever is the
                                                                       greater distance –


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