Appendix C - Code Assessment

                                                                       HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE CODE

PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                          ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                             COMMENT
ROLE AND FUNCTION
PO1 Development provides for higher           No acceptable outcome provided.                                 Complies.
density multiple dwellings in a range of
dwelling sizes and styles, which meet the                                                                     The proposed development provides for an increase in density, resulting in a
needs of current and future resident                                                                          slightly higher density of multiple dwellings on-site, to meet the needs of the
populations including small households,                                                                       growing resident population of Sunshine Beach and the Noosa Shire as a whole.
older persons, people on low incomes and
people with special mobility needs.
PO2 Where adjoining or over the road from     No acceptable outcome provided.                                 Not applicable.
land within the Major Centre Zone,
residential development is exclusively for                                                                    The subject site does not adjoin, nor it the site situated across the road from land
permanent residents rather than visitors.                                                                     included within the Major Centre Zone.
PO3 Land uses including short-term            AO3.1 Land uses do not typically rely on people other than      Not applicable.
accommodation are limited to those which      residents of the site to be present on the site between the
are compatible with high density living in    hours of 7:00pm and 7:00am.                                     The proposed use does not seek approval for Short-Term Accommodation.
urban neighbourhoods and do not cause
unreasonable loss of amenity, having          AO3.2 Well established visitor accommodation including
regard to:                                    resort complexes and short-term accommodation is scattered
(a) the privacy of residents on the           amongst permanent residents.
     subject property or adjoining
     properties;                              AO3.3 Buildings are designed and orientated so that the
(b) any likely increase in noise to           majority of outdoor living areas face away from the habitable
     adjoining properties;                    areas of adjoining dwellings.
(c) the scale of the use and its
     compatibility with the character and     AO3.4 Waste storage areas are screened and located to the
     uses within the property or              rear or side of a building and are not located along any
     surrounding area;                        frontage to a public street or space.
(d) retention of the primary residential
     function of an area;                     AO3.5 Short-term accommodation does not:
(e) the      residential     function   and   (a) constitute a party house; and
     arrangement of common property;          (b) create noise which would unreasonably impact on the
(f) the impact on the safety and                  residential amenity enjoyed by the adjoining or
     efficiency of the local road network;        surrounding properties.
(g) the impact of waste storage areas on