2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 7 - Final New Noosa Plan - Part 8-10 Schedule Appendix - Clean version

9.3.1              Low Density Housing Code

9.3.1.1            Application
This code applies to acceptable development which is subject to requirements and to assessable development identified as requiring
assessment against the Low Density Housing code by the tables of assessment in Part 5 (Tables of assessment).

9.3.1.2            Purpose and overall outcomes
(1)   The purpose of the Low density housing code is to ensure dwelling houses, community residences, rooming
      accommodation and short term accommodation (where no more than one detached dwelling on the site) :
        (a)   are appropriately located;
        (b)   achieve a high level of comfort and amenity for occupants;
        (c)   maintain amenity and privacy of neighbouring residential premises; and
        (d)   are compatible with the character and streetscape of the local area.
(2)   The overall outcomes sought for the Low density residential code are:
      (a)     Development incorporates a high standard of design and makes a positive contribution to the streetscape character of the
              area in which it is located.
      (b)     Development is sited and designed to protect the amenity and privacy of neighbouring premises.
      (c)     Development provides a high level of safety, security and amenity for residents.
      (d)     Development is provided with an acceptable level of infrastructure and services.
      (e)     Where not in a sewerage service area, effluent disposal systems are designed and sited to avoid adverse effects on the
              environment.
      (f)     Driveways and crossovers provide safe and reasonable vehicle access from the carriageway to the property boundary,
              minimise adverse effects on Council’s infrastructure and ensure safety for all users of the footpath.
      (g)     Community residences in the Low density residential zone are of a domestic scale with traffic levels which do not
              unreasonably affect the residential amenity of neighbours.
      (h)     Secondary dwellings are small scale, subordinate to the dwelling and provide housing choice and amenity for the
              occupants.
      (i)     Rooming accommodation in the Low density residential zone is of domestic scale and provides housing choice to meet the
              varying needs of the community.
      (j)     Buildings relocated from other sites do not pose a health or safety risk or adversely affect the amenity of their
              neighbourhood or existing infrastructure.
      (k)     Development maintains the natural landscape character and visual quality of hillslopes and ridgelines and avoids adverse
              impacts on the environmental values of the land.
FOR ACCEPTED DEVELOPMENT
The requirements for Acceptable Development are the acceptable outcomes listed in the Table of Assessment. Accepted
development that complies with the acceptable solutions is considered to satisfy the requirements. If development complies with
some, but not all, acceptable outcomes, an application for Code Assessment will be necessary and the application will be
assessed against the relevant Performance Outcome(s).

FOR ASSESSABLE DEVELOPMENT
Acceptable outcomes are provided for some, but not all, performance outcomes, and identify ways in which performance
outcomes can be met. Compliance with the performance outcome should be demonstrated and the acceptable outcomes are
considered as one way to satisfy the corresponding performance outcome.


Table 9.3.1.3 ­ Criteria for assessment

Location           9.3.1.3 Criteria for assessment (part)
Performance outcomes                                                   Acceptable Outcomes


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