2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

b)     self-assessable;




                                                                                                                       Including amendments to 3 July 2017
                                                                                                      The Noosa Plan
       Assessable requiring code assessment, referred to as code assessable;

       Assessable requiring impact assessment, referred to as impact assessable.

ARI or average recurrence interval means the average or expected value of the period between
exceedances of a given rainfall intensity or discharge.

balcony means any external platform, attached to and accessed from a building and 1m or more
above adjacent finished ground level. A balcony is part of a building.

basement means a space where the ceiling height projects no more than one metre above both
the natural ground surface and the finished ground level, and where access to the basement is
limited to one opening a maximum of 6m wide.

BCA means the Building Code of Australia.

buffer area means an area of land separating adjacent land uses that is managed for the purpose
of mitigating impacts of one use on another. A buffer area consists of a separation distance and
one or more buffer elements. A buffer area does not include areas of existing riparian vegetation,
wetlands, watercourses or vegetation on land identified on Biodiversity Overlay Maps OM1.1 to 9.1.

buffer element means a natural or artificial feature within a buffer area that mitigates an adverse
impact. The term includes open ground, vegetated areas and purpose designed barriers.

building means a fixed structure that is wholly or partly enclosed by walls and is roofed, and
includes any part of a building.

building (or structure) height in metres means the vertical height of a building or structure
measured from the finished ground level and the natural ground surface to the top of the roof or
parapet at any point.

building height in storeys means the number of storeys in a building measured vertically at any
point, provided that a basement shall not count as a storey.

bunded area for the purposes of waste management means an area with a raised edge for—

c)b)   the containment of liquid prior to drainage; and

d)c)   the exclusion of surface stormwater.
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cabin means a free standing building, not exceeding 100m in gross floor area and not including a
laundry, used for overnight or holiday accommodation.

caretaker’s residence means a dwelling unit situated on the same premises as a business use,
community use or infrastructure use where it is occupied by the owner or employee of the
business or operation for reasons of ensuring security and maintenance of the business or
operation.

carriageway means the area of pavement between kerbs or pavement area for vehicular traffic
where no kerbs exist, but does not include footpaths.

Categories of development means the type of assessment identified for development in
accordance with the Planning Act 2016 including one or other of the following—
          a)     accepted development

                 i.   accepted development

                ii.   accepted development subject to requirements


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