6. Appendix C - Noosa Assessment Benchmark Assessment

Riparian Zones                   S5.1                                Not Applicable
O5                               No new development occurs on,       The development site is not
The biodiversity and             or partly on, premises indicated    located within a Riparian Zone
ecosystem values of              as Riparian Buffer Area on          and does not involve uses listed
watercourses, drainage lines,    Biodiversity Overlay Maps           in S5.1 – S5.6.
wetlands and adjacent riparian   OM1.1 to OM9.1, except for—
zones are protected by—           a) temporary use of the land;
a)     avoiding any new               or
       development in the         b) infrastructure which
       riparian buffer area;          provides access to a
b)     retaining aquatic and          watercourse for
       terrestrial habitat            recreational purposes;
in riparian zones;
c)     maintaining wildlife      OR
       corridors along
       watercourses and          S5.2
       drainage lines for        Where constructing a Detached
       native fauna              house or Community residence
       movement;                 and on an allotment situated
                                 wholly within the Riparian Buffer
d)     avoiding edge effects     Area,
       and incompatible uses      a)    fronting the Noosa
       in riparian zones;               River – development is
e)     maintaining bank                 setback a minimum of
       stability by minimising          40m from mean high
       bank erosion and                 water spring or as
       slumping;                        otherwise prescribed
f)     maintaining water                by the Environmental
       quality by filtering             Protection Agency’s
       sediments,                       Erosion Prone Area
       nutrients and other              Maps;13
       pollutants; and            b)    not fronting the Noosa
g)     removing undesirable             River – development is
       plant species and                located outside the
       replacing them with              riparian zone and
       vegetation of local              setback a suitable
       origin;                          distance from the
                                        watercourse having
                                        regard to the
                                        development
                                        constraints of the
                                        property and the need
                                        to protect
                                        environmental and
                                        riparian values;

                                 OR

                                 S5.3
                                 For Animal husbandry on
                                 premises in the Rural Zone—
                                  a)   stock proof fencing
                                       is installed along
                                       watercourses at a

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