MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Appendix F - Ecological and Bushfire Management Response

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



 13.34 Siting, design and construction
 O7 Uses and works including         S7.1 Uses and works including building          Complies: As detailed in Section 4
 building works are sited,           works are sited—                                herein the proposed development
 designed and constructed                                                            makes provision for building setbacks
 to—                                                                                 that are appropriate taking into account
                                     a) on lots greater than 2,500m 2;
 a) minimise the number of                                                           the characteristics, location and
 people and property subject             i) in locations of lowest hazard within     configuration of areas of potentially
 to bushfire risk; and                   the lot (Figure 13.5 provides guidance);    hazardous vegetation that would be
                                         and                                         either:
 b) maximise the protection of
 people and property during              ii) to achieve setbacks from hazardous      a) permanently retained within the
 the passage of a fire front.            vegetation of 1.5 times the predominant          Shire Business Centre Open
                                         mature canopy tree height or 10m                 Space Precincts; or
                                         whichever is the greater; and
                                         iii) 10m from any retained vegetation       b)   present until the relevant precinct
                                         strips or small areas of vegetation; and         is    cleared       to     facilitate
                                         iv)     so that the elements of the              development.
                                         development least susceptible to fire
                                         are sited closest to the bushfire hazard;

                                     b) on lots 2,500m2 or less - to maximise
                                     setbacks from hazardous vegetation.
 13.35 Water supply for fire fighting
 O8 An adequate         and          S8.1 For premises not in a water service        Complies. As detailed in Section 4.2,
 accessible water supply is          area— each lot has an accessible dam,           the proposed development would be
 provided for fire fighting          swimming pool or water tank accessible by       serviced by a reticulated water supply
 purposes.                           the fire brigade that contains at least 5,000   that would be available for bushfire
                                     litres of water.                                suppression purposes.

 13.36 Vehicle access and fire trails
 Firebreaks and fire access
 tracks
                                     S9.1 Firebreaks are provided by—                Complies overall, on the basis that
 O9 Firebreaks or fire access        a) a cleared road reserve not less than 20m     Covenant J is part of the development
 tracks provide—                     wide located around the perimeter of the        area ‘within’ the firebreaks.
 a) adequate access for fire         development;                                    The proposed development makes
 fighting and other emergency        OR                                              provision for firebreaks of the nature
 vehicles; and                                                                       specified in S9.1.       Specifically the
                                     b)     fire access tracks between the
 b)      adequate width to                                                           extension of Hofmann Drive, the inner
                                     development and surrounding vegetated           ring road, and car parking areas will
 minimise the risk of fire           lands that—
 crossover.                                                                          create a substantial fire break between
                                     i. are a minimum cleared width of 6m;           retail buildings and most areas of
                                     ii. have a maximum grade of 1 in 8 (12.5%);     potentially hazardous vegetation to the
                                                                                     east and south.
                                     iii. have a formed pavement;
                                                                                     As detailed in Section 4.1 and Section
                                     iv. have access at each end and in other
                                                                                     4.4, the proposed plan of development
                                     locations where necessary;
                                                                                     also makes provision for some building
                                     v. have passing areas and turning areas;        setbacks to Covenant J.
                                     vi. have clearly identified access points for   Consistent with the Noosa Shire
                                     emergency vehicles; and                         Business Centre Stage 1 Bushfire
                                     vii. are located on public land or within       Management Plan (The Consultancy
                                     access easements that are granted in            Bureau, 2004), a network of fire trails
                                     favour of the Sunshine Coast Regional           will be established and maintained to
                                     Council and the Queensland Fire and             facilitate:
                                     Rescue Service.                                 > access around the perimeter of
                                                                                     Covenant J and to the interface
                                                                                     between Covenant J and the existing
                                                                                     Noosa Civic buildings and the proposed
                                                                                     expansions; and
                                                                                     > the conduct of fuel reduction burns
                                                                                     within vegetation that is located within
                                                                                     future development areas (i.e. Shire
                                                                                     Business Centre Map area E7 and E6).


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