MCU24/0084 Material Change Of Use - Function Facility – 658 Louis Bazzo Drive, Ringtail Creek

Amelia Lorentson0:01

Good morning and I declare the planning and environment meeting open. I'd like to begin with a welcome to the people of the gallery. I'd also like to begin with an Acknowledgement to Country. I respectfully acknowledge the Kabi Kabi people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters that form the region we call Noosa. Council pays its respect to elders past, future present and welcomes the ongoing role that Indigenous people play within the Noosa community. Attendance. There is one apology. I have an apology from Councillor Tom Wegener who sits on the committee. He can't be with us today. I note we have observers. Councillor Karen Finzel, welcome. And also Councillor Nicola Wilson, you're online. Welcome to the planning and environment. Both councils are observers. Can I please request before the meeting commences that everyone have their phones on silent or turned off. And I also remind Councillors of their obligations under the Local Government Act to talk respectfully. To both staff and each other. I'll go straight to confirmation of minutes. Can I have a mover and a seconder please? So moved. Thank you. Councillor Wilkie. No discussion. All in favour? And just stay bear with me, my computer's just shut down. So what does it tell you? Okay, it is. Next presentation. And deputations, there are none. So we'll go straight to the Reports for consideration of the Committee. And it's all up and running now. So we have two reports to consider. Report 17.1, MCU 24008.0084 Material Change of Use, function facility at 658 Louis Bazzo Drive, Ringtail Creek. Before commencing discussions, I note that this report will be moved to the General Committee for further consideration. And allow all the Councillors to partake in discussion and debate and ask questions due to the significance of the matter or the decision in front of us. So firstly, conflicts of interest. I want to make a declarable declaration. I, Councillor Lorentson, inform the meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest in this matter as I have engaged a submitter, Pat in a personal capacity for legal advice on a single occasion. Although I have a declarable conflict of interest, I do not believe a reasonable person could have a perception of bias because. I do not have a close personal relationship with the submitter. Therefore, I will choose to remain in the meeting room. However, I will respect the decision of the meeting on whether I can remain and participate in the decision.

Thank you Mayor and Councillors and all in attendance. Like it's been stated the site is 658 Louis Bazzo Drive in Ringtail Creek. And the application before us is a Material Change of Use for function facility. By means of definition a function facility is the use of premises for receptions or functions and includes a preparing and providing of food and liquor for the consumption on the premises as part of a reception or function includes and this examples such as a conference centre or a reception centre. The proposal for a function facility is an impact assessable application and it is a consistent use in the rural zone. The function facility will be purpose of holding small-scale functions, weddings and events of up to 150 guests and the proposed operational hours are between 11:00am. And 10:30pm. Is when all people should be off the site. It's anticipated that a maximum of 96 events will occur per year and 72 of those may be weddings it's also anticipated that 70% to 80% of guests will be chauffeured to the event by a bus and the primary issues that we looked at in our assessment were land use, noise, traffic and the protection of the site's environmental values. So noise, the key part for the assessment there was an environmental noise impact that was submitted and peer-reviewed in support of the proposed development and the recommendations from that report have been conditioned to ensure that the use operates in accordance with the relevant noise criteria. Recommendations included from the report include the submission to Council and approval of a noise management plan and the construction of a 1.8 metre high by 30 metre long acoustic barrier parallel to the adjoining house at 642. Louis Bazzo Drive. Noise from the operation inclusive of patrons and amplified music must not exceed 39 decibels external 20 off-site residents or night or noise sensitive receiver so house essentially yeah as I previously stated all guests are to vacate no later than 10:30pm. And functions must not occur on gazetted Queensland public holidays or on a Sunday unless by public holiday the matter of traffic it was addressed through an RPEQ certified traffic engineer engineering report and the State assessment and referral agency, SARA, have conditioned upgrades to the State controlled road and the access conditioned has by been council's engineers. To reduce dust and noise recommended that the site's environmental values are protected through environment covenants by so that will protect the significant vegetation in perpetuity and environmental impacts have also been assessed and addressed through a submitted ecological report and Stormwater Management Plan the application material and associated reviews have demonstrated that site can occur with potential amenity impacts being mitigated through the implementation of recommendations of the associated management plans and all conditions and it's recommended that the application be approved subject to reasonable and relevant conditions so that's it in a that's it in nutshell a