Appendix A - Assessment of Development Codes 6968

                                                                                   Rural Zone Code

                 Performance Outcomes                                    Acceptable Outcomes                                         Proposed Solutions                   Compliance
 PO12                                                   AO12                                                        PS12                                                     ✓
 Development and associated site works do not           Development and associated site works, including            Development and associated site works, including
 directly, indirectly or cumulatively cause adverse     filling and excavation are designed and constructed to      filling and excavation are designed and constructed
 impacts external to the development site by:           ensure overland flow and/or flooding is not worsened,       to ensure overland flow and/or flooding is not
                                                        impeded, or otherwise diverted to adversely affect          worsened, impeded, or otherwise diverted to
 (a) causing ponding of water;                          other properties.                                           adversely affect other properties.
 (b) increasing flooding, which adversely affects the
     safety or use of any land upstream and
     downstream;
 (c) adversely affecting the flow of water in any
     overland flow path.
 Scenic Amenity
 PO13                                                   AO13                                                        PS13                                                     ✓
 Development does not detract from the scenic           Development on land adjoining the major road                The proposed development is not located on land of
 amenity of the hinterland as experienced from the      network, Lake Macdonald or the Noosa River system           high scenic quality either adjoining the major road
 major road network or waterways.                       minimises visual impacts on the scenic amenity of the       network, Lake Macdonald or the Noosa River
                                                        roadway or waterway by:                                     system.

                                                        (a) sensitive siting and design of buildings, structures,
                                                            driveways and works;
                                                        (b) retaining existing vegetation;
                                                        (c) incorporating landscape treatments to visually
                                                            screen and soften development; and
                                                        (d) incorporating building materials and external
                                                            finishes that are compatible with the site’s visual
                                                            character and landscape setting.

                                                        Editor’s Note— Residential buildings should be
                                                        predominantly finished in colours and materials that
                                                        blend well with the colours and hues of the
                                                        surrounding vegetation and landscape without causing
                                                        glare or reflection.
                                                        For agricultural buildings, colours and textures that


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