Additional development standards for bush fire prone land or bush interface property
12 Additional development standards for bush fire prone land or bush interface property
This clause applies to all development specified for this Part that is to be carried out on a lot that is wholly or partly—
bush fire prone land, or
bush fire interface property.
The development may be carried out on the lot only if—
the development conforms to the specifications and requirements of Planning for Bush Fire Protection, and
any associated access way is on land that is—
not in bush fire attack level-40 (BAL-40) or the flame zone (BAL-FZ), or
Note.
See clause 1 in relation to when land is not in bush fire attack level-40 (BAL-40) or the flame zone (BAL-FZ).
grasslands (within the meaning of Planning for Bush Fire Protection), and
the lot has direct access to a public road or a road vested in or maintained by the Council, and
there is sufficient access designed in accordance with the acceptable solutions identified in Table 7.4a of Planning for Bush Fire Protection, and
reticulated or bottled gas on the lot is installed and maintained in accordance with AS/NZS 1596:2014, The storage and handling of LP Gas and the requirements of relevant authorities (metal piping must be used), and
all fixed gas cylinders on the lot are located at least 10m from flammable materials and are enclosed on the hazard side of the installation, and
any gas cylinders on the lot that are within 10m of a dwelling house—
have the release valves directed away from the dwelling house, and
are enclosed on the hazard side of the installation, and
have metal connections to and from the cylinders, and
there are no polymer-sheathed flexible gas supply lines to gas meters adjacent to the dwelling.
Note.
The requirements relating to the construction of buildings in bush fire prone areas, as set out in the Building Code of Australia also apply.
(Repealed)
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