Appendix D Code Assessment · MCU16/0099.01

                 Specific outcomes                           Probable solutions (if code assessment)                                 Comments

     providing for the rehabilitation and replanting of
     degraded wetlands.
Riparian Zones                                            S5.1     No new development occurs on, or            Complies with O5
O5       The biodiversity and ecosystem values of         partly on, premises indicated as Riparian Buffer     The proposed access to the approved facility will
watercourses, drainage lines, wetlands and adjacent       Area on Biodiversity Overlay Maps OM1.1 to           utilise the existing waterway crossing and will
riparian zones are protected by—                          OM9.1, except for—                                   therefore allow for wildlife corridors along the
       avoiding any new development in the riparian             temporary use of the land; or                  identified waterway to remain intact.
       buffer area;                                            infrastructure which provides access to a
     retaining aquatic and terrestrial habitat in              watercourse for recreational purposes;
     riparian zones;
     maintaining wildlife corridors along                 OR
     watercourses and drainage lines for native
     fauna movement;                                      S5.2     Where constructing a Detached house
                                                          or Community residence and on an allotment
     avoiding edge effects and incompatible uses in       situated wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,
     riparian zones;                                            fronting the Noosa River – development is
     maintaining bank stability by minimising bank              setback a minimum of 40m from mean
     erosion and slumping;                                      high water spring or as otherwise
     maintaining water quality by filtering sediments,          prescribed by the Environmental
     nutrients and other pollutants; and                        Protection Agency’s Erosion Prone Area
                                                                Maps;9
     removing undesirable plant species and
     replacing them with vegetation of local origin;           not fronting the Noosa River –
                                                               development is located outside the riparian
                                                               zone and setback a suitable 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—



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