Appendix F - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Bushfire Hazard Assessment v1                                           NCES REF: J000207
Lot 9 on RP131369 – 216 Black Mountain Road, Black Mountain




Table of Contents
1   INTRODUCTION                                                                    1

1.1 BACKGROUND                                                                     1
1.2 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                           1
1.3 BUSHFIRE HAZARD AREA MAPPING                                                   1

2   SITE DESCRIPTION                                                                3

2.1 GENERAL                                                                        3
2.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                                     3
2.3 VEGETATION                                                                     4
2.3.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 8 – ACACIA COMMUNITIES                               6
2.3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 12 – MIXTURE OF RURAL CLASSES – MAINLY GRASSLAND     6
2.3.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 16 – MIXTURE OF URBAN CLASSES                        6
2.3.4 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 17 – RAINFOREST                                      7
2.4 OFF-SITE VEGETATION                                                            7

3   BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                      9

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                 9
3.1.1 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP                                                       9
3.1.2 SETBACK DISTANCES – AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959-2009 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN
BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS                                                            10

4   LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS                                                      13

4.1 NOOSA PLAN – NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE                                     13

5   CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS                                                19

5.1 CONCLUSION                                                                    19
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS                                                               19

6   REFERENCES                                                                    20

APPENDIX 1 – SITE LAYOUT                                                          21




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