180523 - BA4342- Signage Application - Noosa Service Station -V3 · OPW18/0163

6.         LOCAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK
6.1.       THE NOOSA PLAN
The Noosa Plan (‘the Planning Scheme’) will be the planning instrument used to assess the proposed
development. The following sections of this report assess the proposed development against the relevant
provisions of the Planning Scheme.


6.2.       DEFINITION
The development proposed within this application is described in the Planning Scheme as Placing an
advertising device on premises. The types of advertising device proposed are as follows:

        Wall Sign: An advertising device painted on or otherwise affixed flat to the wall of a building.

        Awning Face Sign: An advertising device painted on or otherwise attached to the front or end face of
        an awning or canopy structure.

        Pylon Sign: A freestanding advertising device, that incorporates its own structure and is fixed to the
        ground

        Vertical Sign: An advertising device attached and mounted at right angles to the façade of a building.

The sign types for each proposed sign are listed at Section 4.2. It is noted that a Pylon Sign type has been
allocated to the directional signage on site (leader board, and no-entry signs) as this definition best fits these
freestanding signs. Similarly, the pump number signs appear most similar to a vertical sign, as they protrude
laterally from the surface to which they are affixed, although they are fixed to the support columns of an
awning, rather than the façade of a building.


6.3.       LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT
The Planning Scheme determines the level of assessment for the application. Where a locality plan
specifies the level of assessment for a use, these levels of assessment prevail over the zone level of
assessment. The Noosaville Locality Plan (Part 11, Division 11 of the Planning Scheme) establishes the
level of assessment for the sites within the industrial zone. Table 3 demonstrates the level of assessment
for each use
TABLE 2 – LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT
    Defined use                                                        Level of assessment

    Advertising Device                                                 Code assessment


The application is therefore subject to Code Assessment, for the reasons below.
Under Tables of Assessment for the Noosaville Locality, placing an advertising device on premises is
accepted development subject to requirements. The development does not meet these requirements for
accepted development, Column 2 of Table 14-46 of the Advertising Devices Code, for the following reasons:
▪     Combined signface area for the site exceeds 10m2;
▪     The pylon sign exceeds the 75mm per metre of height thickness by 25mm, and is setback by less than
      2.5m from the front boundary (at 2m setback);
▪     Multiple freestanding signs are on the site.
▪     Council’s sign audit identifies that more than 1 sign per tenancy is illuminated, as the Night Owl tenancy
      has one wall sign, the pylon sign includes illuminated aspects, and the awning fascia sign is illuminated.
      We contend this is appropriate and meets the acceptable solution, as outlined at Section 7.



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