2018-05-14 GC Agenda Attachment 2 to Item 11 Noosaville Foreshore Land Use Masterplan

Precinct 2
4.2 Yacht and Rowing Club
4.2.1 TODAY’S YACHT AND ROWING                                        4.2.2 KEY LAND USE OUTCOMES
CLUB
                                                                      YACHT AND ROWING CLUB                                                   WATERFRONT RESTAURANT USE PROPOSAL
This precinct is dominated by land use
                                                                      Much of the activity occurring in the precinct is associated with the   The Waterfront Restaurant has sought use of an area of the foreshore for



                                                   Background
associated with the Noosa Yacht and                                   NYRC. Given the reluctance of the community to reduce open space        commercial purposes to support private functions and wedding receptions.
Rowing Club (NYRC). Car parking and built                             in Chaplin Park, it has been proposed to include NYRC within a non-     The foreshore adjacent to the Waterfront Restaurant is currently permitted for
infrastructure also service the adjacent                              motorised water sports precinct.                                        wedding ceremony permits only and does not allow for commercial functions and
foreshore areas.                                                                                                                              wedding receptions.

Current land use activity includes:                                   Comments were received regarding NYRC activities occurring              The community feedback was divergent on the proposed use of parkland by the
                                                   Consultation and
                                                                      outside the current lease area. The community was generally not         Waterfront Restaurant. Petitions were received both supporting and objecting to
•    NYRC activities                                                  aware the NYRC 'back of house' areas are outside the nominal lease      the Waterfront Restaurant use of the area. Community feedback was generally
                                                      Results of




•    Commercial uses associated with NYRC -                           area and on publicly accessible land. The community was aware           unsupportive of any commercial business expansion onto the foreshore.
                                                                      that this area had been used by the Club for some years.
     bar, bistro, gaming and function space
•    Weddings (adjacent to Waterfront
     Restaurant
•    Public toilets and showers servicing Lions                       There is an opportunity to formalise use of area outside the            Council will not seek consent from the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and
     Park and greater foreshore area                                  lease as a non-motorised water sports precinct for both NYRC            Energy (DNRME) for the Waterfront Restaurant or any other commercial business to
•    Car parking                                                      and the Outriggers. A non-motorised water sports precinct will          lease land (or similar) on the foreshore for the following reasons:
                                                                      also allow infrastructure and services to be consolidated in one        ̏̏ Commercial businesses extending their business use onto the foreshore is not
                                                                      area. Construction of new buildings in Chaplin Park is likely to           in accordance with the community's feedback against expanding commercial
The NYRC building is contained within the                             lead to more requests for new buildings and structures over time           activities onto the foreshore.
current lease area. Other NYRC activities
                                                   Discussion




                                                                      decreasing available green space for future needs.                      ̏̏ An application to DNRME seeking consent for the commercial use is inconsistent
(predominantly boat storage and car parking),                                                                                                    with the foreshore's status as a reserve for recreation and is generally not
are not within the current lease area and public                                                                                                 supported by DNRME policy.
                                                                                                                                              ̏̏ If it were to consider making an application to DNRME for consent for a
access is at times restricted via a boom gate
                                                                                                                                                 commercial lease, Council must be satisfied the lease would not create
to allow for club sailing activities.                                                                                                            unintended consequences along the foreshore. It is anticipated that if a lease was
The precinct provides a well utilised pedestrian                                                                                                 granted to the Waterfront Restaurant a precedent would be set resulting in further
                                                                                                                                                 lease applications which if approved would decrease the community’s access
and bicycle connection into the Chaplin Park
                                                                                                                                                 to the foreshore for recreation purposes (which is the prescribed purpose of the
precinct.                                                                                                                                        land).
An area of recreational open space exists                             1.   As noted in the Precinct 1 recommendations, opportunities          1.   Council will not support any new commercial leases on the foreshore.
                                                   Recommendations




between the footbridge and Waterfront                                      for co-location should be investigated to create a water sports    2.   Council will continue to allow wedding ceremonies (not private functions or
Restaurant, which is a popular location for                                precinct inclusive of the Outrigger Club. It is envisaged that          wedding receptions, etc.) to occur on the foreshore adjacent to the Waterfront
weddings.                                                                  the location of additional buildings and infrastructure would           Restaurant and at other locations depicted in the Master Plan.
                                                                           generally be to the south of the NYRC as depicted in the
                                                                           Master Plan. This option would consolidate land use, access to
                                                                           the water and enhance public foreshore access.
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