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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   19 AUGUST 2014




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                        f)     a process that results in declining water quality in a river stream, creek or
        ek                     watercourse or natural wetland.
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        x =              clearing means destruction of vegetation or interference with its natural growth, by—
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        o z              a)    cutting down, or
        a §              b)    cutting or tearing branches, stems or roots, topping, pruning or lopping as per
         oO 2                  Australian Standard AS 4373-2007 — Pruning of Amenity Trees; or
        = x              c)    poisoning, including contamination; or
        2 2              d)    releasing oil, petroleum, paint, cement, mortar or other deleterious substances to
        Ks                     a root zone; or
           x                   :       .
                         e) — ringbarking; or
                        f)     scar barking; or
                         g) _ fixing any object into living tissue or surrounding trunk or branches that may
                               destroy or seriously affect the vegetation; or
                         h) — using any tree climbing spikes in healthy trees that may destroy or seriously
                               affect the vegetation, other than in accordance with AS 4373-1996; or
                        i)     damaging a root zone by compaction, excavation or filling in a way that may
                               destroy or seriously affect the vegetation; or
                        j)     attaching guy rope, cable or other contrivances that may destroy or seriously
                               affect the vegetation; or
                         k)    uprooting or displacing that may destroy or seriously affect the vegetation but
                               not including destroying standing vegetation by stock.

                         Jopping, a tree, means cutting or pruning its branches, but does not include—
                         a)    removing its trunk; and
                         b)    cutting or pruning its branches so severely that it is likely to die.
                         property maintenance activity means clearing protected vegetation which is
                         reasonably necessary for property maintenance including the following—
                         a)    construction and maintenance of a farm track, fence and shed on site
                         b)    maintenance of crops
                        Cc)    slashing of grass
                         d)    harvesting of crops
                         e)    maintenance of pasture and cleared land areas
                        f)     pruning, felling and clearing of orchard vegetation species
                         g)    surveying purposes
                         h)    collection of firewood for non-commercial purposes
                        i)     removal of an exotic weed
                         j)    removal of undesirable plant species®
                         k)    any other maintenance activity specified in a property vegetation management
                               plan.
                         property vegetation management plan is a specific program of vegetation
                         management for a category 4 lot approved under the former Local Law No. 10
                         (Vegetation Management).

                         protected vegetation means vegetation protected from clearing in the Protected
                         Vegetation Overlay Area as follows—
                         a)    Category 1, 2 and 3 lots — all vegetation

                3 Undesirable Plant Species is defined in the Dictionary (Part 2 Interpretation).

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