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

Table 14-44 — Building works




                                                                                                                                            Including amendments to 3 July 2017
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                                                                                                                                The Noosa Plan
                 Specific Outcomes                                      Acceptable solutions (if self-
                                                                 assessableaccepted development subject to
                                                                               requirements)
                                                                 Probable solutions (if code assessablecode
                                                                                assessment)
14.94       Siting
Setbacks
O1 Buildings and other structures are                           S1.1 The minimum setback of buildings and
appropriately designed and sited to—                            structures from boundaries is not less than the
a)   provide amenity for users of the premises                  minimum specified in Schedule 1.
     as well as preserve the visual and
     acoustic privacy of adjoining and nearby                   Alternative provision to QDC.
     land uses;
b)   preserve any existing vegetation that will
     buffer the proposed building from
     adjoining uses;
c)   allow for landscaping to be provided
     between buildings;
d)   maintain the visual continuity and pattern
     of buildings and landscape elements
     within the street;
e)   for class 10a buildings, do not visually
     dominate the street;
f)   avoid any significant adverse impacts on
     the natural values of watercourses and
     their foreshores, including those of the
     Noosa River and its lakes; and
g)   do not interrupt the natural cycles of
     erosion and accretion of watercourses and
     foreshore areas.
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Flooding, drainage and earthworks
O2 Buildings and other works are designed                       S2.1 For new buildings or additions of more
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and sited to—                                                   than 50m gross floor area to an existing
a)    provide flood free access to premises and                 building, floor levels of habitable rooms are—
      flood free habitable areas;                                a) for areas where minimum floor levels are
b)    allow only minor, short term and                                available, not less than the specified level;
      infrequent flooding of non-habitable areas;                b) for areas where flood modelling is
c)    ensure drainage does not adversely                              available, a minimum of 300mm above the
      impact upon other premises; and                                 modelled flood level; and
d)    ensure filling, excavation or retaining                    c) for areas where flood modelling is not
      strctures do not adversely impact upon                          available, a minimum of 300mm above the
      other premises by—                                              highest known flood level;
       i.     causing ponding of water on the                   OR
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              site or nearby land; and                          S2.2 For additions of not more than 50m gross
       ii.    increasing flooding, which                        floor area to an existing building—floor levels of
              adversely affects the safety or use               habitable rooms are not less than the level of
              of any land upstream and                          other habitable rooms in the building;
              downstream;                                        AND
       iii.   adversely affecting the flow of                   S2.3 Filling, other than for accessways, does
              water in any overland flow path;                  not extend more than 1m beyond the footprint of
              and                                               any building, measured from outer walls of the
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  Information on minimum floor levels or flood levels for parts of the Shire are available from Council. These provisions are
not limited to areas shown as Flood Hazard Areas on Overlay Maps OM1.3-9.3.




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                                                    Building Works Code