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Mackay City Planning Scheme – Amendments 1 of 2009 Amendments adopted on 6 October 2010 Effective from 5 November 2010

MACKAY CITY PLANNING SCHEME

AMENDMENTS 1 OF 2009:

AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING SCHEME (INCLUDE AMENDMENT TO ACCEPTABLE SOULTIONS AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL LOT SIZES AND

MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS, INTRODUCTION OF BUFFER DISTANCE AROUND

THE MACKAY SUGAR WASTE WATER PONDS AND TWO ZONE CHANGES)

(ADPOTED- INCLUDING MOIFICATIONS MADE AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS)

6 OCTOBER 2010


Amendments 1 of 2009 Amendments to the City Centre Locality, Reconfiguration of a Lot Code, High Impact Areas, Use Codes, Introduction, Assessment Tables, two zone maps and one information map.

Details of the amendments of the Planning Scheme are show in the following attachments:

• Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment A: Details of Amendments 1 of 2009

• Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment B: Information Map- High Impact Activity Areas

• Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment C: Zoning Map- City Centre Zones

• Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment D: Zoning Series Map 19- North Mackay

• Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment E: Zoning Series Map 24- Paget

The following summarises the proposed individual amendments covered by Planning Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009:

1. Introduction

• Amend Part 1, Division 3 1.11(7) to include a trigger for code assessable applications for certain extractive industries.

2. Mackay City Centre Locality

• Delete reference to Mackay Convention Centre Complex and replace with Bluewater Quay.

3. Multiple Dwelling Units, Accommodation Units and Dual Occupancy Code

• Amendment to table 9-15 to include a note referring to calculating densities for Multiple Dwelling Units.

4. Assessment Tables (Part 5 and Part 6)

• Amendment to remove trigger for dwelling houses on lots less than 450m2 being code assessable.

5. Reconfiguration of a Lot Code

• Relocation of the specific outcomes regarding minimum lot sizes and dimensions for land zoned Industry (Low Impact) and Industry (High Impact), to Acceptable/Probable solutions and inclusion of an explanatory note regarding vehicle manoeuvring.

6. Various Zonings

• Amendment to zoning of Lot 13 on RP891640 from City Residential zone to Commercial Centre zone.

• Amendment to zoning of Lot 2 on SP209449 from split zoning (Industry (High Impact) and Sport and Recreation zone) to Industry (High Impact).

7. High Impact Activity Areas (Part 9, Division 9)

• Inclusion of a new specific outcome to acknowledge the Mackay Sugar Waste Water Ponds as a High Impact Activity with a buffer distance of 1km.

• Amendment to High Impact Activity Areas Information Map to include the Mackay Sugar Waste Water Ponds.


Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009- Attachment A: Detail of Amendments 1 of 2009 Amendments to the City Centre Locality, Reconfiguration of a Lot Code, High Impact Areas, Use Codes, Introduction, Assessment Tables, two zone maps and a Information Map.

No Planning Scheme Reference

Reason for Amendment Amendment

1 CITY CENTRE LOCALITY

Part 4 – Division 15 – Special Activities (City)

Zone

• Overall outcome (2) (a) for the Special Activities (City) Zone refers to the Mackay Convention Centre, which has now been constructed in the Civic Precinct. The reference to the Mackay Convention Centre is to be replaced with reference to the Bluewater Quay (Q150 legacy infrastructure project).

• Amend the wording of Division 15 Special Activities (City) Zone – Overall Outcomes (2) (a) – by deleting reference to “Mackay Convention Centre complex” and replacing with “Bluewater Quay”.

• Additional amendments are required for Specific Outcome P3 of Division 15 Special Activities (City) Zone – to remove reference to the Mackay Convention Centre, as follows: “The development of a hotel and convention centre is encouraged, with direct pedestrian links to and which complements and supports the multi-purpose facility”.



2

RECONFIGURATION OF A LOT CODE

Part 9, Division 19 – Table 9-18.1

(Minimum Area & Dimensions)

• Removal of reference to Industry (Low Impact) and Industry (High Impact) from Specific Outcomes to Acceptable / Probable Solutions to provide greater flexibility.

• Amend P2 Table 9-18.1, by removing Industry (Low Impact) and Industry (High Impact) from the table under Specific Outcomes and inserting into Acceptable / Probable Solutions.

Zones Area Frontage

Rural 100 ha

Rural Residential 1 ha 60m

Industry (Low Impact) Refer to acceptable probable solution S2

Industry (High Impact) Refer to acceptable probable solution S2

City Centre Zones (1) No minimum area or dimension specified

Commercial No minimum area or dimension specified

Public Purposes No minimum area or dimension


specified

Sport & Recreation No minimum area or dimension specified

Open Space No minimum area or dimension specified

Special Activities No minimum area or dimension specified

• Amend S2 by removing “No solution specified” and inserting:

Zones Area Frontage

Industry (Low Impact) 2,500 m2 30m

Industry (High Impact) 3,500 m2 35m

• Insert a note under the proposed acceptable/probable solutions stating:

“Note: Proposals involving lots with an area less than the minimum area set out in the acceptable solution must provide lot layout plans for each of with an area less than the minimum. The lot layout plans must demonstrate that the relevant vehicle size (refer to Schedule 2, Table 12-2) can enter and leave each lot in forward motion after performing no more than a three point turn”.



3 HIGH IMPACT AREAS

Part 9 Division 9 Environment and

Infrastructure Code & High Impact Activity Information Map and

MiMAPS

• Amendments required to reflect recent land use changes to High Impact Areas and provide consistency in approach to HIA buffer area requirements.

• The Mackay Sugar Wastewater Ponds at Bakers Creek are not included in the High Impact Activity Mapping for Mackay City. The inclusion of a 1km buffer around the ponds would provide protection and be consistent with mapping which incorporates the Racecourse Mill site.

• Amend Table 9-8.5 to include the Mackay Sugar Wastewater Ponds in Table 9-8.5, including the High Impact Activity Information Maps.

• The Mackay Sugar Wastewater Ponds at Bakers Creek are not included in the High Impact Activity Mapping for Mackay City. The inclusion of a 1km buffer around the ponds would provide protection and be consistent with mapping which incorporates the Racecourse Mill site.

• The Specific Outcomes for the High Impact Activity Areas in Table 9-8.5 is amended to include:


P3 Mackay Sugar Wastewater Ponds meet the following criteria:

PLANT BUFFER DISTANCE

Mackay Sugar Wastewater Ponds

1.0km

• Amend High Impact Activity Information Map to identify the Mackay Sugar Waster Water Ponds as being a High Impact Activity and illustrate the buffer area around the property on MiMAPS.



4 VARIOUS REZONINGS – Amendments to

various Zoning Maps

• The owner has submitted that the current zoning of the parcel of land at 34 Wood Street is an anomaly and should be removed from the City Residential zoning.

• Amend the zoning of Lot 13 on RP891640 from City Residential zone to the Commercial Centre zone.



5 VARIOUS REZONINGS – Amendments to

various Zoning Maps

• The lot in question (83 Farrellys Road, Paget) was previously used for Sport and Recreational purposes. The former activity that took place there (Mackay Motordome) is now defunct.

• Lot 2 on SP209449 – Retain the northern portion of the lot in the Industry (High Impact) Zone and rezone the southern portion of the lot from the Sport and Recreation zone to the Industry (High Impact) zone.


• The site contains an existing ROL approval.

• The northern portion of the subject site is zoned for Industry (High Impact) uses and is bordered to the north, south and west by land which is also zoned for Industry (High Impact) uses.

• Rezoning the whole parcel to be included in the Industry (High Impact) zone is considered to be the most efficient and appropriate use of the subject site.



6 USE CODES – MULTIPLE

DWELLING UNITS, ACCOMMODATION

UNITS & DUAL OCCUPANCY CODE

Part 9, Division 16

• Amendment required to the current Code where referring to Multiple Dwelling Units in the Higher Density Residential zone in order to provide greater flexibility for density variation.

• Amend Table 9-15 (Specific Outcomes and Acceptable & Probable Solutions for the Multiple Dwellings, Accommodation Units and Dual Occupancy Code) for Building Density to include a notation referring to the calculation of building densities in the Higher Density Residential zone.

• Amendment of the wording of Specific Outcome P1.1 for Building Densities to insert a notation after “Multiple Dwelling Units, Accommodations Units or Dual Occupancy have the following maximum densities, unless otherwise provided in the relevant Locality Code:

(iii). Where in the Higher Density Residential Zone;


a) 1 dwelling unit per 200m2 for Dual Occupancy and Multiple Dwelling Units; and

b) 1.5 Rooming Units per 200m2 for Accommodation Units”

• insert as follows:

“Note: For the purpose of calculating densities for Multiple Dwelling Units, a 1 bedroom unit shall be taken to equal 0.50 of a dwelling unit, units with 2 bedrooms shall be taken to equal 0.75 of a dwelling unit and units with 3 or more bedrooms shall be taken to equal 1 dwelling unit”.



7 INTRODUCTION Part 1, Division 3

1.11(7) – Determining if development is

assessable or self-assessable under the

planning scheme

• Section 1.11 (6) (a) of the planning scheme exempts roadworks conducted by or on behalf of a government entity from assessment.

• Furthermore, Section 1.11 (7) states that where associated with the purposes referred to in Section 1.11 (6) the following activities are also exempt development: (i). excavating, crushing, screening and

taking road building material from land (whether road or not).

• An amendment is required to ensure activities associated with roadworks conducted on behalf of a government entity are adequately controlled.

Amend 1.11 (7) – “where associated with the purposes referred to in Section 1.11 (6) the following activities are also exempt development” after:- “(i) excavating, crushing, screening and taking road building material from land (whether road or not)” add the following:- “except where the above exceeds 5,000 tonnes per annum at an individual site, which is Code Assessable”.



8 ASSESSMENT TABLES

Parts 5 & 6 – Assessment Category

Tables 5-1 & 6-1 Dwelling House

These amendments to the Assessment Category Tables relate to when a “Dwelling House” is self-assessable or code assessable. The intent of removing the requirements for a Code Assessable Application for a Material Change of Use for a

• In Tables 5-1 and 6-1, for the listed use “Dwelling House”, delete references to “Code Assessable” under the Urban Residential zone, Urban Expansion zone, Rural Residential zone, Rural zone and Village zone, where referring to a dwelling house situated on an allotment less than 450m

2 in area.

Amend as follows:


dwelling on a lot less than 450m2, is to assist with the provision of affordable housing solutions.

“Dwelling House” – “Self Assessable except where the use:

• Is not complying with the acceptable solutions of the applicable code, which is Code Assessable; or

• is situated on an allotment less than 450m2 in area, which is Code

Assessable. ”

Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment B: Information Map- High Impact Activity Areas

Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment C: Zoning Map- City Centre Zones

Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment D: Zoning Map 19- North Mackay

Scheme Amendments 1 of 2009 – Attachment E: Zoning Map 24- Paget

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