2017-08-14 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                    14 AUGUST 2018


        34.   Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the relevant service provider, any public or
              third party infrastructure located on the subject site must be placed within an
              easement registered against the title of the property.
        35.   All easements must be designed in accordance with the planning scheme and
              granted at no cost to the Grantee. Where the Grantee is Council or a service
              authority, the easement documentation must be in accordance with the Grantee’s
              standard easement terms. Draft easement documentation must be submitted to
              Council for endorsement.
        36.   All works must be kept clear of any existing or proposed easements on the
              subject land, unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Grantee.
        Earthworks and Retaining Walls
        37.   All earthworks, associated batters and retaining walls must be undertaken in
              accordance with an Operational Works approval, and must in particular:
              a.   Be undertaken in compliance with the provisions of Australian Standard
                   AS3798: Guidelines on Earthworks for Commercial and Residential
                   Developments.
              b.   Be carried out in accordance with a site-specific Geotechnical Investigation
                   Report prepared by a suitably qualified person* that addresses, in
                   particular:
                   i.    the impact of excavation and the construction works on the stability
                         of nearby building and infrastructures
                   ii.   Acid Sulfate Soil assessment report in accordance with State
                         Planning Policy 2/02 Planning and Managing Development Involving
                         Acid Sulfate Soils and supported by appropriate testing and
                         documentation.
              c.   Have all access chamber surface levels for drainage, water supply or
                   sewerage infrastructure within the work site be adjusted to provide a
                   freeboard of 100mm above the finished ground surface level or be in
                   accordance with the requirements and directions of the service provider.
              d.   All fill and associated batters must be contained entirely within the subject
                   site unless written permission from the respective landowner(s) is provided
                   to Council.
                   (*) refer to Advisory Notes
        Acid Sulfate Soils
        38.   Where excavations of non-imported soils below the elevation of 5m AHD are
              necessary for construction, the application for Operational Works for Bulk
              Earthworks, Stormwater and /or Landscaping must demonstrate and include
              certification from a suitably experienced and qualified geotechnical engineer of
              methods necessary to ensure construction and operation of the development:
              a.   Shall be consistent with Queensland Acid Sulphate Soil Technical Manual:
                   Soil Management Guidelines; and
              b.   will not result in the release of acid or associated metals; and
              c.   will not cause localised lowering of groundwater.



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