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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 16 MAY 2016
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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 16 MAY 2016
COUNCIL POLICY — ROADSIDE MEMORIAL POLICY (LOCAL LAWS)
Construction and Installation
A roadside memorial shouldmust:
(a) Gonsistefawhite-cross-and must netexceed Be contained within the following dimensions:
° 750mm height
° 500mm in-totalheightor width
(b) Be placed on the far side of the roadside drain and away from the roadway shoulder.
(c) Not be placed in a maintenance zone.
(d) Not be placed within 5 meteres of a roundabout or on any centre median strip.
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(ef) Not be attached to trees or roadside infrastructure.
(fg) Not be on a pedestrian footpath.
(gh) Be frangible (i.e. easily breaking off if a vehicle were to strike it) and less than< 75mm diameter.
Visiting and Maintenance
Council will not accept responsibility for the maintenance of any roadside memorial, nor the loss,
| damage, _or removal of roadside memorials that may occur due to required road maintenance,
construction activities or vandalism.
Any person visiting a memorial must take due care for their own safety and the safety of others
including motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. Council does not encourage the gathering of persons
within the road reserve.
Removal of Memorial
If there are any concerns raised with Council about public safety or interference to nearby residents or
users of the area surrounding a memorial as a result of persons visiting the memorial, or the placement
and construction of the memorial itself (including the proliferation of floral tributes and memorabilia),
Council will investigate the matter and an authorised person may determine that it is appropriate to
remove the memorial.
Appropriate reasons for the removal of a roadside memorial may include the following:
| (a) _ The memorial is considered by an authorised person to be a road or public safety hazard.
(b) Road works are required at the relevant location.
| (cd) An objection or complaint is made to Council by nearby residents, businesses, road users, or
users of the area surrounding the memorial in regards to any aspect of the roadside memorial,
including the activity of visitors to the memorial or loss of amenity and, in the opinion of an
authorised person, that objection or complaint is considered reasonable.
(de) The memorial has not been adequately maintained.
(e) _ The memorial interferes with garden or roadside maintenance.
| Fhe-memorialinterferes_with_garden_or roadside_maintenance—Where possible, Council officers will
attempt to contact and consult the persons responsible for erecting the memorial prior to its removal.
RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND COUNCIL POLICY
Noosa Shire Council Local Law No 1 (Administration) 2015
Noosa Shire Council Subordinate Local Law No 1 (Administration) 2015
Local Government Act 2009
Noosa Design Principles
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