Appendix A - Assessment of Development Codes 6968

2.0      Rural Zone Code
 1. The purpose of the Rural zone is to:
     (a) provide for rural uses and activities; and
     (b) provide for other uses and activities that are compatible with:
          i.    existing and future rural uses and activities; and
         ii.    the character and environmental features of the zone; and
     (c) maintain the capacity of land for rural uses and activities by protecting and managing significant natural resources and processes.
 2. The overall outcomes sought for the Rural zone are as follows:-
     (a) The establishment of a wide range of rural activities is facilitated, including animal husbandry, aquaculture, cropping, horticulture, roadside stalls, rural
          industries, forest practices, wholesale nurseries and other primary production and compatible uses.
     (b) The viability of existing and future rural activities is protected from the intrusion of incompatible uses.
     (c) Areas for primary production are conserved and lot fragmentation is avoided.
     (d) Existing extractive industries and key resource areas are protected from the intrusion of incompatible uses.
     (e) Rural activities embrace sustainable land management practices and contribute to the amenity and landscape of the area. Livestock enterprises are
          predominantly pasture fed, free range operations.
     (f) More intensive rural activities including animal keeping, intensive horticulture and extractive industry may be established in the zone provided that adverse
          environmental and amenity impacts including the generation of noise, dust or odour are avoided with sensitive land uses buffered from impacts.
     (g) Lot reconfigurations are typically limited to instances of protecting remnant vegetation or riparian corridors or improving the delivery or function of regional
          infrastructure.
     (h) The establishment of outdoor recreation and small-scale tourism facilities in suitable locations is facilitated in a manner that does not significantly compromise
          the rural productivity or ecological values of the land.
     (i) Visitor accommodation complements rural uses and promotes the sustainable use of rural land.
     (j) Houses or outbuildings may be available for short term guests where there is no resultant changes to the rural amenity or rural production of the area.
     (k) Nature based tourism adopts exemplary standards of ecologically sustainable design and facilitates appreciation of the natural environment.
     (l) Rural activities provide for appropriate value adding to produce on site where adverse environmental and amenity impacts are avoided.
     (m) Home-based businesses which add to the economic sustainability of the hinterland are established where the nature, scale and intensity of the activity is
          compatible with the character and amenity of the surrounding locality.
     (n) Development is reflective of, and sensitively responds to, the environmental constraints of the land.
     (o) Natural features such as creeks, gullies, waterways, wetlands and vegetated hillslopes and ridgelines are retained, managed and enhanced where possible.
     (p) Development maintains and enhances the significant scenic and landscape values of the area. The built form of development integrates with and complements
          the rural character intended for the zone and sensitively responds to the landscape.
     (q) Development does not reduce the vegetated open space and rural landscapes that frame distinct towns and villages.
     (r) Development protects and provides for recreational trails.


Appendix A – Assessment of Applicable Development Codes
Project No.: 6968
Site Address: 1179 Louis Bazzo Drive, Cootharaba QLD 4565
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