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

gross floor area (or GFA) means the total floor area of a building measured from the outside of




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the external walls, plus for roofed unenclosed areas, any portion of floor area beyond a distance of




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3 metres from the external wall. It does not include:

a)     the area of spaces used for the parking or manoeuvring of motor vehicles;
b)     the area of lift shafts;
c)     the area of stairwells on any level other than the ground floor; or
d)     floor areas located in a basement.

group house means a residential building with at least 6 bedrooms, designed to accommodate 6
or more adolescents or adults who are not related by birth where each resident has a private
bedroom or bed/sitting room but the kitchen, dining and laundry facilities are shared. The use does
not include community residence as separately defined.

guesthouse means accommodation for more than 6 guests in a single building which is also the
home of the host(s). Guests do not have access to their own cooking facilities.

habitable buildings means any building or structure used as or able to be as a dwelling unit or
accommodation unit.

habitable room means any room of a dwelling unit or accommodation unit other than a bathroom,
laundry, toilet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, stair, lobby, photographic darkroom, clothes
drying room and other space of a specialised nature occupied neither frequently nor for extended
periods.

habitat tree means a tree whether living or dead that

a)     has 1 or more hollows, pipes or splits which are located more than 2m above ground level;
       or

b)     hosts epiphytes or termite mounds; or

c)     is a koala habitat tree.

heritage site has the meaning given in the Heritage Overlay general provisions (Part 13, Division
5).

high impact sign has the meaning given in the Advertising Devices Code (Part 14, Division 9).

house site area means a part of an allotment used as, or intended to be useused to accommodate
a Residential Use, that can be serviced by an adequate access drive and is capable of sustaining
a range of housing styles and an area for ancillary uses and works including swimming pools,
play/recreation area, and outbuildings. This definition does not include effluent disposal areas.

IDAS has the same meaning as in the IPA.
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IPA means the Integrated Planning Act 1997 .

impact assessable assessment see assessment categorycategories of development (has the
same meaning as in the IPAPlanning Act 2016).

inconsistent use means the use is strongly inappropriate in the relevant zones because it is
incompatible with other uses generally expected in that zone.


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  The Integrated Planning Act 1997 was repealed in 2009 and replaced by the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 which was
subsequently repealed and replaced with the Planning Act 2016. This Planning Scheme remains valid under current
Queensland planning legislation.



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