2018-01-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                          15 JANUARY 2018


Issues                                                   Comments
will grow and will see a large number of patrons on      A condition may be imposed limiting the number of
a nightly basis. They have not been complying with       seats on site to 10 only and that additional seating
the 10 seat restriction. The existing dining is          must be removed.
approximately 100 seats and in excess of 99m 2
(that has been applied for).
Difficult for Council to monitor numbers and difficult
to report Council outside business hours.
Parking on Kingsgate Drive creates bad vision at T       Additional car parking is proposed to be constructed
junction, littering and soil erosion and obstructing     on site to address the overflow of parking in
views on the corner.                                     Kingsgate Drive. Reinstatement of the road reserve
                                                         by the applicant will also assist in addressing these
Parking is inadequate forcing cars on gravel road
                                                         issues.
reserve and up and down the road – both sides.
Gravel road reserve is unsightly, dominates the
street scape and is not in harmony with the rural
setting.
Stormwater runoff from both parking areas runs
into No. 3 Kingsgate Dr, eroding the driveway.
There are no designated disabled parking bays.           As there is no building works proposed, the Building
                                                         Code does not require the provision of disabled
                                                         parking spaces on site. Notably the existing building
                                                         has poor to no access for disabled persons.
Difficult for vehicles to leave the site in a forward    The car parking will be upgraded to facilitate
manner.                                                  vehicles leaving the site in a forward manner.
Vehicles pulling into other residences driveways         The reinstatement of the road reserve area and
and shining lights into bedrooms etc and                 additional on-site car parking will assist to alleviate
displacing gravel. Damage to concrete culverts           these impacts.
have occurred. Cars driving onto No.3 Kingsgate
looking for car parks.
Safety issues with vehicles leaving Kingsgate onto       Speeding vehicles are a police matter, with the
the high speed environment of Sunrise Road.              existing intersection design being satisfactory.
No separation between patrons and car parking –          Patron numbers are proposed to be low and it is
forced to walk through car park.                         considered that there would be little benefit from
                                                         formal separation due to the car parking
                                                         configuration (in front of the entry to the building).
Inadequate lighting in the 5 car park area.              The car parking area adjoins the building and light
                                                         spill from the restaurant/café will assist patrons in
                                                         getting     to     and    from      their   vehicles.
                                                         Additional lighting may impact on nearby residents.
Outdoor dining does not comply with Noosa                Potential impacts of outdoor dining have been
Planning Scheme Policy 14 – Outdoor Dining eg.           assessed previously in the report.
adverse impacts on adjacent uses (noise),                The concerns raised in this submission on the
buildings not compatible or enhance the street           building’s integrity have been reported to Council’s
scape character. It appears the building is not          building department for investigation. A glass wall
safe, (referring to a wall) and there is a tarp.         has since been removed by the owner as requested
Concerns about risk to diners.                           by Council’s Building Department. The tarp was not
Also fire braziers are used in winter. Does the          present at a recent inspection in December 2017.
business comply with fire and safety standards?          One brazier has been sighted on the lawn in the
                                                         front garden area and when sighted had adequate
                                                         separation to all furniture and structures. However,
                                                         this is not a planning issue and is a matter for the
                                                         owners.
Approval would set a precedent for others to apply       The proposal is within an existing building that has
in the rural area. More shops could ‘pop up’ and         existing approval for a general store and on a site

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