Appendix D - Code Response - Rural Residential Zone Code

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 3
Part 6 Zones \ 6.8 Other Zones Category \ 6.8.4 Rural Residential Zone Code




 adverse impact upon the amenity enjoyed by                residential zone.
 occupants of adjoining or nearby premises nor cause       AO8.2
 unreasonable disturbance to the local fauna.              Courts are fenced to a height of—
                                                           (a) 3.6 metres for a full-sized court; or
                                                           (b) 2.4 metres for a half court.
                                                           AO8.3
                                                           Courts are not lit; or
                                                           AO8.4
                                                           For lit courts:
                                                           (a) lighting structures are not more than 8 metres in
                                                                  height and set back at least 2 metres from any
                                                                  property boundary;
                                                           (b) the court is located at least 60 metres from the
                                                                  external wall of an existing or approved
                                                                  residential dwelling on an adjacent or nearby lot
                                                                  (as measured from the centre line of the court);
                                                           (c) the vertical illumination resulting from direct,
                                                                  reflected or other incidental lighting emanating
                                                                  from the site does not exceed 8 lux when
                                                                  measured at any point 1.5 metres outside the
                                                                  boundary and at any level from ground level
                                                                  upward; and
                                                           (d) lighting is hooded or baffled to direct lighting
                                                                  downward or is of a type that gives no upward
                                                                  component of light when mounted horizontally.

 PO9                                                     No acceptable outcome provided                               N/A
 Development:                                                                                                         Not listed as an assessment benchmark under Table
 (a) does not compromise the safety, capacity or                                                                      5.5.14.
      operation of the road network; and
 (b) does not result in significant impacts on residents
      close to rural roads.

 Scenic amenity

 PO10                                                 AO10                                                            N/A
 Development does not detract from the scenic amenity Development on land adjoining the major road                    The development does not adjoin a major road, Lake
 of the hinterland as experienced from the major road network, Lake Macdonald or the Noosa River system               Macdonald or the Noosa River system.



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