Submission from Body corporate for Offshore Noosa CTS 24644

           which demonstrates that despite assurances given by those operators, the daily
           operational noises referred to above are significant and do impact on the
           enjoyment of guests. The operators have not been effective in curtailing noise
           emanating from the operation of their businesses, nor in curtailing the noise
           levels of customers. This is despite assurances they have made to the Body
           Corporate from time to time.

           Further, the Report focuses on adverse noises impacting on recreational spaces
           across the road from the resort on the river foreshore, not those impacting on
           residents adjacent to, above, behind or nearby the cafe, where noises emanating
           from the operation of the café are most likely to cause disturbance. Again the
           Body Corporate knows from prior experience that operational noises from
           operation of a café do travel through the building structure, particularly to
           apartments adjacent to or above the café. Discussions with the applicant have
           indicated that the applicant is unwilling to outlay the additional costs associated
           with addressing these concerns.

           Therefore, the statement referred to in the Request suggesting:

           ‘the proposed café/restaurant can be operated in a manner that achieves the
           Outcomes of the Noosa Plan i.e. without adverse effects on noise in the area …
           the proposed changes pose no adverse impacts on the surrounding properties
           and land uses’

           cannot be substantiated as the Acoustics Report was based on a very limited
           scope of analysis.


     Operation of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Equipment

    A.     The Request is further incomplete because the accompanying plans do not show
           where the refrigeration equipment will be located, nor where the floor wash out
           points will be located. Wash out points must be located near cool room doors to
           ensure that when wash out of refrigerated areas are undertaken, the resulting
           water can quickly drain away.

           In addition, the plans do not show where the air conditioning equipment will be
           located and where the associated motors will be. Until this information is
           provided, it is not possible to make a full assessment of the noise impacts of the
           Request.

The Body Corporate considers the Request’s proposed extended hours of operation to be
unreasonable for this scheme as lots in the scheme are almost entirely of a residential
nature:

     Proposed operational hours – unbalanced for a residential scheme

     A.    The scheme is not a mixed-use complex, but rather a residential scheme offering
           30 holiday accommodation units, with a number of internal courtyard pools,
           gardens, barbeque and recreational facilities. There are two commercial units on
           the foreshore ground level facing Gympie Terrace. Commercial Unit 3 is the more
           prominent of the two with residential ground floor apartments on either side and
           with two floors of residential apartments directly above.



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