2 David Low Way - Attachment 2 - Ecological and Bushfire Assessment Report 9-8-17

 Biodiversity Overlay Code Compliance Assessment
 Specific Outcomes                           Probable solutions                       Response
 prevented, minimised or mitigated           wetland and any adjacent                 The Site does not contain or adjoin
 by—                                         development or use.                      any wetlands.
 a) maintaining adequate separation
 between the wetland and any
 adjacent development or use;
 b) minimising any modification of the
 natural characteristics of the wetland,
 including the topography, surface and
 groundwater hydrology, water quality
 and flora and fauna species;
 c) preventing any new development
 within
 wetlands;
 d) minimising access to the wetland;
 e) minimising impacts associated with
 pest insect control and invasion by
 undesirable plant species; and
 f) providing for the rehabilitation and
 replanting of degraded wetlands.
 Riparian Zones
 O5 The biodiversity and ecosystem           S5.1 No new development occurs on,       Complies.
 values of watercourses, drainage            or partly on, premises indicated as      As detailed in Section 4 of the
 lines, wetlands and adjacent riparian       Riparian Buffer Area on Biodiversity     Ecological and Bushfire Assessment
 zones are protected by—                     Overlay Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1,             Report (Cardno 2017) that part of the
 a) avoiding any new development in          except for—                              Site located within the Riparian Buffer
 the riparian buffer area;                   a) temporary use of the land; or         Area to Burgess Creek:
 b) retaining aquatic and terrestrial        b) infrastructure which provides          will not be traversed by any new
 habitat in riparian zones;                  access to a watercourse for                  lot boundaries; and
 c) maintaining wildlife corridors along     recreational purposes;                    will be the subject of an
 watercourses and drainage lines for         OR                                           Environmental Covenant
 native fauna movement;                      S5.2 Where constructing a Detached           protecting native vegetation and
 d) avoiding edge effects and                house or Community residence and             fauna habitats.
 incompatible uses in riparian zones;        on an allotment situated wholly within   Some disturbance to a portion of the
 e) maintaining bank stability by            the Riparian Buffer Area,                Riparian Buffer Zone will be required
 minimising bank erosion and                 a) fronting the Noosa River –            as part of the initial civil development
 slumping;                                   development is setback a minimum of      works, with disturbed areas to be the
                                             40m from mean high water spring or       subject of a program of rehabilitation
 f) maintaining water quality by filtering                                            works.
 sediments, nutrients and other              as otherwise prescribed by the
 pollutants; and                             Environmental Protection Agency’s
                                             Erosion Prone Area Maps;
 g) removing undesirable plant species
 and replacing them with vegetation of       b) not fronting the Noosa River
 local origin;                               development is located outside the
                                             riparian zone and setback a suitable
                                             distance from the watercourse having
                                             regard to the development constraints
                                             of the property and the need to
                                             protect environmental and riparian
                                             values;
                                             OR
                                             S5.3 For Animal husbandry on
                                             premises in the Rural Zone—
                                             a) stock proof fencing is installed
                                             along watercourses at a distance of
                                             no less than 10m from the top of the
                                             bank;




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