Appendix D - Visitor Accommodation Code · 132007.2446.03

Proposal Report:    Other Change to a Development Approval for Visitor Accommodation Type 4 Conventional (hostel accommodation) over Lot
                    163 on RP897370 and Lot 164 on RP94566 and located at 102 and 106 Pacific Avenue, Sunshine Beach




Division—Visitor Accommodation Code
Table 14-33
                  Column 1                                        Column 2                                             Column 3
              Specific Outcomes                     Probable Solutions (if code assessable)                           Compliance

 14.63 Effects of use
 Electricity supply infrastructure
 O1 The development does not adversely             S1.1 No solution provided                         Complies
 impact on existing or future electricity supply
 infrastructure; AND
 O2 All uses and works maintain an adequate        S2.1 Development for uses adjacent to or          Not applicable
 safe distance from electrical infrastructure      within 50m of an existing electricity
 including substations, overhead powerlines,       substation incorporates noise attenuation
 power poles and transformers.                     measures to mitigate noise impacts; AND
                                                   S2.2 Buildings and structures (including
                                                   swimming pools, sheds, tennis courts and
                                                   outbuildings) are not constructed under
                                                   overhead electricity transmission lines, or
                                                   within electricity easements
 Scale
 O3 Visitor accommodation is at a scale and        No solution provided                              Complies – Proposal involves conversion of
 nature complementary and respectful to its                                                          existing 3 x 1 bedroom units into hostel type
 surroundings and does not unduly impact on                                                          accommodation. Externally the existing
 adjacent or surrounding land uses or the                                                            building will be renovated with minor
 amenity of the surrounding area                                                                     extensions proposed, however the original
                                                                                                     single storey small scale building will be
                                                                                                     retained. The conversion of the existing
                                                                                                     building and incorporation into the adjoining
                                                                                                     hostel effectively defines the hostel and
                                                                                                     encloses and orientates the communal
                                                                                                     recreation areas to the streetfront.

 Mitigation of noise impacts
 O4 Development is designed and sited to           S4.1 Visitor accommodation is not located         Complies – Pacific Avenue has a speed limit
 avoid adverse noise impacts associated with       along parts of the major road network which       of 60km/hr and 40km/hr during school hours.
 neighbouring noise sources by—                    have a legal speed limit of 80km/hr or above,
 a) locating the use away from major noise         and is setback 40m from the North Coast
 sources such as busy roads or rail corridors:     railway line.
 or
 b) applying appropriate noise attenuation
 measures into the development.
 Ancillary recreation uses
 O5 Ancillary recreation uses, such as             S5.1 If the use involves ancillary use of         Not applicable – no tennis court proposed.
 outdoor tennis courts and half netball courts,    outdoor courts including tennis courts, half
 do not have an adverse effect on the amenity      courts and netball courts—the use complies
 enjoyed by users of adjacent or nearby            with the requirements in Section 2 of PSP8
 premises nor do they cause unreasonable           Tennis and Other Courts; AND
 disturbance to local fauna through light          S5.2 A 3m wide landscaped buffer is
 emissions, by ensuring that lighting devices      provided between the tennis court and any
 are limited to those designed and installed       boundary of the site; AND
 to:                                               S5.3 Any lit tennis court or sports court is
 a) minimise light spillage on neighbouring        located at least 60m from the external wall of
 premises;                                         an existing or approved residential dwelling
  b) preserve an acceptable degree of lighting     on an adjacent or nearby lot (as measured
 amenity at the neighbouring premises;             from the centre line of the court); AND
 c) provide covers or shading around lights;       S5.4 The vertical illumination resulting from
 d) direct lights downwards;                       direct, reflected or other incidental light
 e) position lights away from possibly affected    emanating from the site does not exceed 8
 areas; and                                        lux when measured at any point 1.5m
 f) enable brightness of lights to be adjusted     outside the boundary and at any level from
 to low levels. AND                                ground level upward; AND
                                                   S5.5 Any flood lighting is restricted to the
                                                   types that give no upward component of light
                                                   where mounted horizontally (i.e. a full cut off
                                                   luminare).



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