2014-05-01 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                            1 MAY 2014


4   APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE – SERVICE AND UTILITY TYPE 3
    (TOWER), SITUATED AT 153 LAKE FLAT ROAD, BOREEN POINT
    That Council approve Application No. MCU13/0052 for a Development Permit for Material
    Change of Use for Service & Utility Type 3 Tower situated at 153 Lake Flat Rd, Boreen
    Point in accordance with the following Conditions of Approval:
    When Conditions must be Complied With
    1.    Unless otherwise stated, all conditions of the Decision Notice must be complied with
          prior to the use commencing, and then compliance maintained at all times while the
          use continues.
    Approved Plans
    2.    Development authorised by this approval must be undertaken generally in
          accordance with the Approved Plans listed within the Decision Notice.
    Minimum Floor Heights
    3.    The minimum floor levels of the associated telecommunication cabinets must be
          constructed above the 1% AEP flood level.
    Building Height
    4.    The maximum height of the structure must not exceed 31 metres above the finished
          ground level and the natural ground surface.
    5.    Certification must be submitted to Council from a Licensed Surveyor which certifies
          that the monopole structure does not exceed the maximum height requirement of this
          Decision Notice.
    6.    No lights are permitted to be attached to the telecommunications facility, except
          where required for aircraft hazard lighting purposes or similar.
    Health and Safety
    7.    The development must not, at any time during the life of the development, result in
          human exposure to environmental electromagnetic emissions exceeding the current
          regulations, standards and/or recommendations of the Australian Radiation
          Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA). The carrier of the infrastructure
          must provide, at any time upon request by Council, written certification to
          demonstrate compliance with this condition. The written certification must assume:
          a.    a maximum number of users over the lifetime of any pole or other supporting
                structure
          b.    full power usage
          c.    a maximum down tilt of antennae.
    8.    Warning information signs and security fencing must be provided on the site to
          prevent unauthorised entry. Fencing must be set back a minimum of 2 metres from
          the front boundary and must be camouflaged through the use of colours, materials
          and screening vegetation to blend the fence into the visual landscape. Such fencing
          must not include any use of barbed wire or similar materials.
    Colours and Finishes
    9.    The monopole and associated panels must be finished in colours that blend in
          visually into the landscape.
    Cessation of Use
    10.   The telecommunications facility must be removed from the site upon cessation of the
          use.
    Existing Vegetation
    11.   A vegetated buffer with a minimum width of 20m shall be maintained around the
          facility (allowing the existing vegetation to grow to full form), excluding the 5m wide
          firebreak and 4wd access indicated on the approved plans.


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