Assessment against provisions and benchmarks

                                                                                         NOOSA HEADS LOCALITY CODE
 Specific Outcomes                                                         Probable Solutions                                                         Complies   Applicant’s comments
          other premises by—                                                        loading.
                 i. causing ponding of water on the site or nearby land;    AND
                 ii. increasing flooding, which adversely affects the
                     safety or use of any land upstream and                S16.3 For Residential Uses—                                                           S16.3 Not applicable. Previous site
                     downstream; and                                                                                                                             establishment works have been
                                                                            a)     where slab on ground construction is used, filling does not
                                                                                                                                                                 undertaken as part of the approved
   adversely affecting the flow of water in any overland flow path.                extend more than 1m beyond the building footprint and access
                                                                                                                                                                 Operational Works for the development.
                                                                                   to car parking areas, measured from the outer walls of the
                                                                                   building ; or

                                                                            b)     the design consists of a suspended floor construction;
                                                                            AND                                                                                  S16.4 Complies. The maintenance shed
                                                                            S16.4 Car parking and maneuvering areas are constructed at a level                  site can appropriately facilitate for gravity
                                                                            that permits the parking area to drain from the site by gravity means,               drainage from buildings, parking and
                                                                            without the need for mechanical pumping; or                                          Manoeuvring areas.
                                                                           S16.5 Basements for residential uses have flood immunity above the
                                                                           1%AEP defined flood event where alternative means to mechanical
                                                                           pumping are used to achieve such immunity; or                                N/A
                                                                           S16.6 Basements for non‐residential uses have flood immunity above the                S16.5‐16.6 Not applicable. The
                                                                           1%AEP defined flood event that may be achieved by means of mechanical                 maintenance shed site does not propose
                                                                                                                                                                 basements.
                                                                           pumping where the mechanical feature is installed with adequate holding
                                                                           tanks and an alternative back up power source.
   Sloping sites and ridgelines
   O17 Development on sloping sites—                                        S17.1 Buildings and associated access ways are not constructed on land              S17.1 Complies. The proposed buildings
                                                                                                                                                                 are not located on land with a slope
   a)   is responsive to the natural topography of the site and             with a slope greater than 1 in 4 (25%);
        minimises cut and fill;                                                                                                                                  greater than 1 in 4.
                                                                            AND
   b)   does not visually dominate the hill slope or interrupt the          S17.2 Buildings are of split level design that step down the slope or
        skyline;                                                            have a suspended floor construction;                                        N/A
                                                                                                                                                                 S17.2‐S17.5 Not applicable.
   c)   is integrated with the natural site characteristics
                                                                            AND
        including vegetation; and
   d)   for Multiple housing, takes the form of small separate              S17.3 Cut or fill is less than 2m in depth; AND
        buildings;                                                          S17.4 The distance between the ground and the lowest part of the floor
                                                                            of the building does not exceed 3m to avoid large under building areas;
   AND                                                                      AND
                                                                            S17.5 Buildings do not present as more storeys than is allowed in the
   O18 On steep slopes or ridgelines which are visible from the             relevant zone.                                                                       O18 Not applicable. The maintenance
                                                                                                                                                        N/A
   major road network, areas of public open space, the Noosa                                                                                                     shed site is not located in an area which is
   River or the beaches—                                                    S18.1 No solution provided                                                           visible from the major road network,
   a) new buildings and structures including outbuildings, are
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