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

urban growth boundary means the extent of land suitable for urban development including




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residential, industrial, retail, commercial and community activities. It includes established towns




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and villages and any land suitable for urban growth.

urban settlement means towns or villages supporting residential development on lots that are
predominantly of an urban scale.

use in relation to a use class, means a use for a purpose that is within that use class. The use
may include multiple uses.

use area means the sum of the area of the premises (exclusive of all walls and columns), including
all storeys, used or intended for use for a particular purpose. The term excludes—

a)    the areas (inclusive of all walls and columns) of any lift rooms, motor rooms, air conditioning
      or other mechanical or electrical plant or equipment rooms located at any topmost storey;

b)    The areas of any staircases or liftwells;

c)    The areas of any common foyer or arcade ;

d)    The areas of any public toilets; and

e)    The areas used for the access, parking and associated manoeuvring of motor vehicles.

use class means a group of uses having different purposes but broad characteristics in common.

vegetation means a tree, plant or organism of vegetable origin (whether living or dead) but does
not include a plant declared as a pest under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
Management) Act 2002 or an exotic weed or undesirable plant species, or plant species identified
in a pest management plan adopted by Noosa Shire Council or the Sunshine Coast Regional
Council.

villages means urban settlements with distinguishable boundaries but with limited or no business
or community uses. These include Castaways Beach, Cooran, Cooroibah, Kin Kin, Boreen Point,
Marcus Beach, Sunrise Beach and Teewah.

visitor hostel means a budget visitor accommodation building(s) which accommodate 6 or more
unrelated persons with shared facilities including kitchen and laundry facilities. Sanitary and
bathroom facilities as well as bedrooms may also be shared.

wall height means the distance measured from natural ground surface to the underside of the
building eaves.

wall length means the length of any external wall in one plane, provided that—

a)    walls that are offset by less than 600mm are measured as one wall; and

b)    walls that are on the same alignment and are separated by less than 25m are measured as
      one wall.

waste means any discharged, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned material whether solid,
liquid or gas. The term does not include regulated waste as defined in the Environmental Protection
(Waste Management) Regulation 2000.

waste storage area means a designated area for the holding of waste storage bins and use for the
storage of waste.

watercourse has the same meaning as in the Water Act 2000.

waterway means a river, stream, creek, wetland, estuary, lake, lagoon and coastal waters.



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