12. Code Assessment

Performance outcomes                     Acceptable outcomes                                         Comment
                                         Firebreaks and fire access tracks
PO8                                      AO8.1                                                       AO8.1 Not applicable
Firebreaks and fire access tracks        Where development involves the creation of a new road
provide:                                 and lots, a firebreak is provided by providing a
                                         cleared road reserve not less than 20 metres wide and
                                         maximum gradient of 12.5% around the perimeter of the
         1. adequate access for fire     subdivision, between the created lots and surrounding
            fighting and other           vegetated lands.
            emergency vehicles; and
         2. adequate access for the     OR
            evacuation of residents and
            emergency personnel in an AO8.2
            emergency situation.        Fire access tracks are provided between the created lots
                                         and surrounding vegetated land that:

                                                  1. have a cleared minimum width of 6 metres;
                                                  2. have a maximum gradient of 12.5%;
                                                  3. provide unbroken access for fire fighting
                                                     vehicles;
                                                  4. provide passing bays and turning areas;
                                                  5. are located within an access easement that is
                                                     granted in favour of Noosa Council and the
                                                     Queensland Fire and Rescue Service.

                                         AO8.3
                                         Bushfire management measures are carried out on the
                                         subject property and not any adjoining property.            AO8.3 Complies
                                                                                                     No bushfire management measures are proposed at
                                                                                                     this stage. Although should they be required, they
                                                                                                     will not be undertaken on the adjoining land.