Development Application part 2 Report/Plans - MCU11/0254

ENGINEERING WORKS CODES

DRIVEWAYS AND CARPARKING CODE
A summary of the proposed development‘s compliance with the purpose of the Driveways and
Carparking Code is included below.

The purpose of this code is to ensure:
   a) Safe and reasonable access to and from vehicle accommodation and standing areas within a
       property and from the public road is provided;
   b) The safety of pedestrians and cyclists is protected;
   c) Development reduces the reliance on private vehicles and promotes public and non-motorised
       transport options;
   d) Carparking spaces and the associated manoeuvring areas provided are designed to be safe
       and functional and meet the reasonable requirements of the particular land use;
   e) Adequate provision is made for the standing, parking, loading and unloading, access and
       manoeuvring of service vehicles within the development site;
   f) Development does not adversely impact on existing public parking;
   g) Adequate monetary contributions are made in circumstances where Council considers the
       provision of external parking will fulfill the parking demand generated by the development and
       will not have an adverse impact on existing public parking; and
   h) Vehicular access does not impact adversely upon existing landscaping or native vegetation.

Comment: The proposal achieves compliance with the Specific Outcomes/Probable Solutions of the
Driveways and Carparking Code as follows:-

   The access arrangements proposed are safe and efficient. The development will not lead to any
    adverse safety or road condition impacts in the locality.
   All cars will be able to enter and leave the site in a forward motion.
   All car parks for the proposed units will be provided in a lockable carport, and separate freely
    accessible visitor space will also be provided.
   Being located within the Noosa Business Centre the site achieve good connection to established
    alternative means of transport (e.g. pedestrian walkways, bikeways and bus stops).
   The Noosa Plan car parking requirements outlined in Driveways and Carparking Code have been
    achieved; outlined as follows:

      Proposed Use          Noosa Plan Requirements                  Required                Proposed
Multiple Housing – Type 4   For small dwelling units        30 Residential spaces   30 Residential spaces
Conventional                within the Business Centre                              11 Visitor spaces
                            Zone or Shire Business
                            Centre Zone—1 space per
                            dwelling unit (this is also a
                            maximum)




EARTHWORKS CODE
A summary of the proposed development‘s compliance with the purpose of the Eathworks Code is
included below.

The purpose of this code is to ensure:
   a) To ensure that earthworks do not unreasonably impact on the natural environment or other
       properties with regard to—
         i. land stability (including differential settlement or expansion in reactive soils);
        ii. contamination of land;