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

 Biodiversity Overlay Code Compliance Assessment
 Specific Outcomes                        Probable solutions                        Response
                                          b) stock watering points are located
                                          no less than 15m away from the top of
                                          the bank of watercourses; and
                                          c) stock crossing points across
                                          watercourses are defined and
                                          controlled with stock proof fencing,
                                          to prevent stock from damaging
                                          riparian vegetation or banks to
                                          watercourses;
                                          OR
                                          S5.4 Recreational facilities (including
                                          playgrounds, pergolas, barbeques
                                          etc) are setback a minimum of 30m
                                          from the top of the bank of a
                                          watercourse and 10m from the top of
                                          the bank of a drainage line;
                                          OR
                                          S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated
                                          area is separated from watercourses
                                          by a distance not less than the
                                          distances identified below, measured
                                          from high water mark or the top of the
                                          bank, whichever is the greater
                                          distance—
                                          Feature Distance
                                          Stream order 1 or 2 - 5 m
                                          Stream order 3 or 4 - 10 m
                                          Stream order greater than 4 - 20 m
                                          AND
                                          S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out
                                          on that part of premises indicated as
                                          Riparian Buffer Area and outside the
                                          separation distances specified in
                                          S5.5—
                                          a) species planted are of local origin
                                          and are harvested through
                                          sustainable harvesting; and
                                          b) any undesirable plant species are
                                          replaced by vegetation of local origin.
 Managing public access and edge effects
 O6 Development on land adjacent to       S6.1 Development adjacent to a            Complies.
 a waterway or wetland maintains an       waterway or wetland provides that —       The proposed plan of development
 appropriate extent of public access to   a) no new lots directly back onto the     does not create any additional lots with
 waterways and wetlands and               riparian area; and                        interface to the Burgess Creek riparian
 minimises edge effects.                                                            zone.
                                          b) new public roads are located
                                          between the riparian buffer and the
                                          proposed development areas.
 Koala Habitat Areas
 O7 Development is designed,              S7.1 Development avoids removing          Complies.
 constructed and operated to—             and fragmenting koala habitat and         The Site does not contain any Koala
 a) avoid adverse impacts on koalas       includes koala sensitive design           Habitat Areas pursuant to Schedule 7
 and koala habitat;                       measures consistent with the Nature       Koala Habitat Areas, apart from a
                                          Conservation (Koala) Conservation         narrow (<5m) wide band of Habitat
 b) provide measures to assist the        Plan 2006 and Management Program
 survival of koala populations in the                                               Regrowth associated with David Low
                                          2006- 2016 and Koala Sensitive            Way that extends into the Site at two
 area to mitigate any potential threats   Design Guideline 2012.
 or risks to koalas;                                                                locations. The functional Koala



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