6. Code assessment

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 2
Part 9 Development codes \ 9.3 Use Codes \ 9.3.7 Business Activities Code




PO12                                                       Where the business activity adjoins an existing or
Business activities maintain the reasonable privacy        approved residential use, the reasonable privacy and
and amenity of site and adjoining residents and their      amenity of such uses is maintained by:
enjoyment of indoor and outdoor living areas is not        (a) siting and orienting buildings to minimise the
unreasonably diminished.                                        likelihood of overlooking occurring;
                                                           (b) having windows and outdoor areas, (including
                                                                balconies and terraces) located and designed so
                                                                that they do not look into dwellings or visitor
                                                                accommodation; and
                                                           (c) incorporating screening over building openings.

Noise, visual and odour impacts                            AO13.1                                                     Complies – The proposed development does not
PO13                                                       Undesirable noise, visual or odour impacts on public       introduce undesirable noise, visual or odour impacts
Business activities are designed, sited and operated to    spaces and residential uses, are avoided or reduced        on public spaces and residential uses.
avoid environmental nuisances such as noise, visual or     by:
odour impacts that unreasonably diminish the amenity       (a) providing vehicle loading/unloading and refuse
of the area or surrounding uses.                                 storage/collection facilities within enclosed
                                                                 service yards or courtyards; and
                                                           (b) not locating site service facilities and areas along
                                                                 any frontage to a street or other public space.
                                                           AO13.2
                                                           Where the business activity requires the use of            N/A
                                                           acoustic attenuation measures to mitigate adverse
                                                           impacts on nearby sensitive land uses, such measures
                                                           are designed and constructed to be compatible with
                                                           the local streetscape.

Music                                                      AO14.1                                                     N/A
PO14                                                       Where the site is adjoining or adjacent to land in a
Music creates entertainment for patrons and vibrancy       residential zone (excluding Tourist Accommodation
within the streetscape and is sited to avoid significant   Zone) or the Rural Residential Zone, acoustic or
impacts on surrounding residential land uses.              amplified music is contained within an enclosed
                                                           acoustically treated environment.
                                                           AO14.2                                                     N/A
                                                           Acoustic music (not reliant on electric or electronic
                                                           equipment) ceases to operate in outdoor spaces by
                                                           9:00pm Sunday — Thursday, and by 10:00pm Friday
                                                           and Saturday, except if located within the Hastings


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