2015-01-15 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                       15 JANUARY 2015


               b.    Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control, International Erosion
                     Control Association (2008)
         11.   As a general rule, a site is determined to have achieved effective short-term
               stabilisation if at the time of the request for “on maintenance”:
               a.     Methods of stabilisation are:
                      •      appropriate for slopes and slope lengths; and
                      •      are consistent with best practice environmental management
                             practices such as in the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control
                             or the IECA Manual; and
                      •      Stormwater runoff from the site is not currently, and is not likely to
                             result in visible evidence of sedimentation or erosion, or lead to
                             water contamination.
         12.   If at the time of request for “on maintenance”, the method of short-term
               stabilisation has not achieved a level of stability that Council's Officers believe
               will have a high probability of achieving long term stability, Council Officers may
               take the following matters into consideration in determining whether the site is
               capable of achieving medium to long-term stability:
               a.     Evidence that the site has been effectively stabilised in the short term;
               b.     Evidence that soil has been adequately ameliorated;
               c.     Evidence that seed of annual and perennial grass species has been
                      applied at an adequate rate; and
               d.     That grass seed has germinated at a density that is likely to achieve an
                      effective grass cover.
               For example, while hydromulch can provide an immediate and effective
               stabilising cover to soils, the protective cover can be relatively short-lived if
               vegetation fails to establish before the thin layer of mulch decomposes. So if
               hydromulch is selected as the method of temporary short term stabilisation,
               Council Officers will seek to confirm that perennial as well as annual grasses
               are well established to reduce the risk of instability of the site in the medium to
               long term. As a general rule, hydromulch will only be accepted as a “patch” fix
               and should comprise no more than 20% of the exposed site area due to the
               high risk of failure. Due to the requirement to progressively stabilise exposed
               areas, it is not envisioned that this will present any difficulties for an
               appropriately managed and compliant site.
               Property Notation
               MCU14/0077 – Stormwater Treatment Device
               The following notation applies to the subject lot:
               This property is serviced by a bioretention basin water quality treatment device
               that must be maintained in accordance with the document titled Maintaining
               Vegetated Stormwater Assets, Version 1 (Water by Design, 2009). Records of
               all maintenance activities undertaken on stormwater quality treatment devices
               must be kept for a minimum of 5 years and made available to Council upon
               request.
    B.   Find the following are sufficient grounds to justify the decision despite the conflict with
         the Planning Scheme:
         1.    The proposal adds to the range of businesses and employment opportunities in
               the Shire Business Centre
         2.    The trade related warehouse and showroom is more compatible with industrial
               uses when compared to typical retail uses and is therefore suitably located as
               proposed, being a transitional area between industrial and retail uses in the
               Shire Business Centre.


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