Ecological Assessment Letter Report · MCU26/0104

     (d)     avoiding edge effects and damage from         (a)   a riparian buffer area;
             adjacent land uses;                           (b)   a wetland area; and
     (e)     maintaining stream integrity and bank         (c)   10 metres either side of the centre line of any
             stability by minimising bank erosion and            other waterway identified on a Biodiversity,
             slumping;                                           Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map.
     (f)     maintaining water quality through filtering   AO6.3
             sediments, nutrients and other pollutants;    Recreational facilities (eg. playgrounds, pergolas,
             and                                           barbeques) are setback a minimum of 10 metres
     (g)     removing pest species and replacing them      from the top of the bank of a waterway.
             with local native species.                    Editor’s Note—Setbacks to waterways for certain uses
                                                           and works are also specified in the relevant codes.
                                                           Editor's Note—Wetland areas are identified on the
                                                           Queensland Wetland Program mapping
                                                           Editor's Note—Any clearing of vegetation also needs to
                                                           meet the outcomes of the Earthworks Code and the
                                                           Water Quality and Drainage Code.

     PO7                                                   No acceptable outcome provided.                          Not applicable.
     Vegetation within 400 metres of the full ponded                                                                The proposed development is not located within
     water within Lake Macdonald is retained.                                                                       400m of Lake Macdonald.

     PO8                                                   AO8.1                                                    Complies with AO8.1.
     Development on land adjacent to a waterway or         Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland            The proposed development will not create new
     wetland maintains appropriate extent of public        provides that:                                           lots or public roads.
     access to waterways and wetlands and minimises        (a) no new lots directly back onto a riparian
     edge effects.                                              buffer area; and
                                                           (b) new public roads are located between a
                                                                riparian buffer area or riparian zone and the
                                                                proposed development area.




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