2017-11-07 P&E Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 1 - Amendments for Multiple Housing Type 2 Duplex & Minor Corrections

ERA or Environmentally Relevant Activity has the same meaning as in the Environmental
Protection Act 1994.




                                                                                                                   Including amendments to 3 July 2017
                                                                                                       The Noosa Plan
essential community infrastructure means any one or more of the following—

(a)   emergency services infrastructure;
(b)   emergency shelters;
(c)   police facilities;
(d)   hospitals and associated facilities;
(e)   stores of valuable records or heritage items;
(f)   power stations and substations;
(g)   major switch yards;
(h)   communication facilities;
(i)   sewage treatment plants;
(j)   water treatment plants.


estate sales office means any premises, including a caravan or transportable building, used or
intended for use, for the promotion and/or sale of land and/or buildings within an estate, where
such premises are located within the estate which is proposed to be promoted or sold. The term as
defined may not be in use for longer than two years.

exotic weeds means a species of plant occurring in an area outside its historical natural range
and which has a negative impact for the environment or people.

fire access track means an area free of trees and able to be easily accessed by fire fighting
vehicles.

firebreak means an area of land cleared of non-fire retardant vegetation of sufficient width to
minimise the risk of spread of bushfire.

foreshore means the land in the Noosa Shire lying between the high water mark and low water
mark at ordinary spring tides and controlled by the Noosa Shire under the Local Government Act
2009.

frontage means a boundary of an allotment which abuts a road. Where a lot has more than one
frontage, Council may nominate a primary frontage.

general sign has the meaning given in the Advertising Devices Code (Part 14, Division 9).

greywater means the domestic wastes from baths, showers, laundries and kitchens specifically
excluding toilet and urinal waste.

gross floor area (or GFA) means the total floor area of a building measured from the outside of
the external walls, plus for roofed unenclosed areas, any portion of floor area beyond a distance of
3 metres from the external wall. It does not include:

a)    the area of spaces used for the parking or manoeuvring of motor vehicles;
b)    the area of lift shafts;
c)    the area of stairwells on any level other than the ground floor; or
d)    floor areas located in a basement.




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