2015-07-21 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    21 JULY 2015


     c.    Construction of the food premises must comply with the Toolbox Fit-out Guide and
           the   Food      Safety    Standards    (both  available    from     Council   or
           www.lgtoolbox.qld.gov.au).
     d.    Toilets for customers and staff to be provided in accordance with Building Code of
           Australia. Obtain advice from a building certifier on numbers and standards,
           including disabled access.
     e.    Plans and approval is required for any mechanical exhaust ventilation system, which
           should comply with AS1668. A certificate from the installer certifying the system
           complies with the Standard must be obtained and lodged with Council prior to
           commencement of trade.
     f.    Any licensable food business as defined in Chapter 3 of the Food Act 2006, must
           obtain a licence from Council prior to use of those premises.
Environmental Protection
4.   The development should be undertaken in a manner that causes no unlawful
     environmental nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 by the creation of
     excessive noise, lighting, waste, atmospheric pollutants (including dust or odours) or other
     releases to the environment.
5.   In accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1994, all sand, silt, mud, paint,
     cement, concrete, builder’s waste or other prescribed contaminants should not to be
     released to or be placed where it could reasonably be expected to move into a roadside
     gutter, storm water drain or a watercourse. On the spot fines apply for such offences.



REPORT
1.   PROPOSAL
The application seeks approval to convert an existing office tenancy and adjacent common
property area to a licenced café/restaurant. The building is a 2-storey office building divided into
4 tenancies. The new café/restaurant is proposed in a small downstairs tenancy of 38m 2, though
only 28m2 will be occupied by the new use, with an existing Optus data exchange continuing to
occupy 10m2. Outdoor use areas are also proposed with further seating areas proposed within
the common property area of the building (4.2m2) and footpath dining areas (9.8m2). The
footpath areas (within road reserve) do not form part of this application and will require a
separate permit issued through Council’s property unit.

The applicant indicates a total net use area for patrons of approximately 20m2 within the site
under this development application and suggests a likely patronage of up to 24 persons. Trading
hours originally sought were 6.00am – 10.00pm Sunday to Thursday and 6.00am – 12.00pm
Friday to Saturday, however, during the assessment the applicant advised it would accept a
10.00pm trading curfew to address noise impacts.

No new carparks or significant external works are proposed. The proposal plan is included as
Attachment 1 and an extract is shown in Figure 1 below. Figure 2 shows a photograph of the
existing premises and outdoor decks and seating to be used.




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