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

 Natural Hazards (Bushfire) Overlay Code Assessment
 Specific Outcomes                           Probable solutions                       Response
 13.33 Effects of use and works
 New Uses
 O4    The proposed use does not             S4.1 The use is sited on land that is    Complies
 compromise the safety of people or          not in a Bushfire Hazard Area;           Parts of the Site are located within the
 property from bushfire.                     OR                                       100m wide Potential Impact Buffer to
                                             S4.2 The use is sited on land that is    areas of bushfire prone vegetation
                                             determined as low bushfire risk by a     with a Medium to High Intensity
                                             site    specific   bushfire  hazard      Potential located to the west of David
                                             assessment;                              Low Way.
                                                                                      All proposed building envelopes are
                                                                                      located more than 60m from the
                                                                                      adjacent areas of bushfire prone
                                                                                      vegetation to the west of David Low
                                                                                      Way.
                                                                                      As detail in Section 5.3.2 and in the
                                                                                      responses to 06-013 below, the
                                                                                      proposed development will not expose
                                                                                      future residents, QFES personnel or
                                                                                      built assets to an unacceptable level of
                                                                                      risk of harm due to bushfire
 Protection of Infrastructure and
 Community Uses
 O5        Community         Uses      and   S5.1      Community     Uses      and    Not Applicable.
 Infrastructure Uses, including that         Infrastructure Uses are not located in
 identified below, are able to function      Bushfire Hazard Area;
 effectively during and immediately
 after bushfire events—                      OR
 a) Emergency service facilities;            S5.2 Building work will not involve
                                             more than an additional 20m2 of
 b) Hospitals;                               gross floor area to an existing
 c) Education Type 4 uses, including         building;
 stores for valuable records or items of     OR
 historic or cultural significance; and
                                             S5.3 Where located in a Bushfire
 d) Service and utility uses, including      Hazard Area , uses are designed to
 electricity substations, major electrical   function effectively during and
 depots and water treatment plants.          immediately after bushfire events
                                             and have direct access to low hazard
                                             evacuation routes.
 Hazardous materials
 O6 Public safety and the environment        S6.1 Hazardous materials are not         Complies
 are not adversely affected by the           manufactured and stored on the site.     There will be no manufacture or bulk
 detrimental impacts of bushfire on                                                   storage of hazardous materials on the
 hazardous materials manufactured or                                                  Site.
 stored in bulk.
 13.34 Siting, design and construction
 O7 Uses and works including building        S7.1 Uses and works including            Complies
 works are sited, designed and               building works are sited—                The defined building envelopes within
 constructed to—                             a) on lots greater than 2,500m2;         the proposed residential lots are
 a) minimise the number of people and            i) in locations of lowest hazard     located in a low hazard area given that
 property subject to bushfire risk; and          within the lot (Figure 13.5          they are:
 b) maximise the protection of people            provides guidance); and               located at least 60m from identified
 and property during the passage of a            ii) to achieve setbacks from             bushfire hazard areas to the west
 fire front.                                     hazardous vegetation of 1.5              of David Low Way; and
                                                 times the predominant mature          separated from adjacent bushfire
                                                 canopy tree height or 10m                hazard areas to the west by David
                                                 whichever is the greater; and            Low Way and Burgess Creek




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