2014-08-19 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda - Pages 1-101

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   19 AUGUST 2014




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                        19 AUGUST 2014

                                       (iii)   the vegetation is not otherwise required to be retained in accordance
                                               with a development approval;                                                   ~
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                                i)    clearing vegetation within the path of a utility service;                            = =
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                               j)     clearing on a category 1, 2 or 3 lot, where the clearing —                           3 :
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                                      (i) _ is pruning of native vegetation for the purpose of tree maintenance or          9S 2
                                            hazard management; and                                                         = 7
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                                      (ii)  results in no more than 20% loss of the live canopy volume of a tree within    = g
                                            a 12 month period; and                                                            a
                                      (iii) does not involve /opping or topping;
                                k)    the clearing is on a category 1, 2 or 3 lot, where the clearing is to vegetation
                                      that is regrowth other than the following—
                                      (i)   vegetation in an area identified as a landslide hazard area on the Natural
                                            Resources Overlay maps;
                                      (ii) | vegetation which is an endangered, vulnerable and near threatened plant
                                            as defined by the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006;
                                      (1i1) vegetation which is critically endangered or vulnerable flora as defined by
                                            the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
                                            Act 1999;
                                      (iv)  heathland;
                                      (v)   riparian vegetation;
                                      (vi)  vegetation in a critical habitat,
                                      (vil) vegetation in an area that has been cleared in contravention of a local law
                                            including the former local law;
                                l)    clearing on land in the Agricultural Land Conservation Area (ALCA)
                                      identified on the Natural Resources Overlay maps;
                                m)    clearing in the course of a fire management activity;
                                n)    clearing in the course of a forest practice;
                              0)      clearing in accordance with a permit under the former local law.

                               land degradation means the following—
                               a)     soil erosion;
                                b)    a rising water table;
                               Cc)    the expression of salinity;
                               d)     mass movement by gravity of soil or rock;
                               e)     stream bank instability;

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