Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 33—Cooks Cove
Current version for 26 June 2009 to date (accessed 19 May 2013 at 13:07)
Schedule 2

Schedule 2 Exempt development

(Clause 7)

The development listed in this Schedule is exempt development, but only if any structure erected or altered as a consequence of the development:
(a)  will comply with the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia, and
(b)  will not obstruct drainage of the site, and
(c)  will not restrict any vehicular or pedestrian access to or from the site, and
(d)  will be at least 1 metre from any easement or public sewer main, and
(e)  will not require a tree to be removed, and
(f)  will comply with the recommendations of the Green and Golden Bell Frog management plan and the wetlands environmental management plan.

1   Advertising structures and displays

Erection of an advertising structure and display of an advertisement on it, or the display of an advertisement that is not on an advertising structure, in any of the following cases:
(a)  The advertisement and any structure are not visible from outside the site on which they are displayed.
(b)  The advertisement is behind the glass line of a shop window.
(c)  The advertisement is a temporary advertisement for a social, cultural or recreational event that is displayed no more than 28 days before the event and is removed within 14 days after the event.
(d)  The advertisement is a public notice displayed by a public authority giving information about a service.
(e)  The advertisement is a real estate sign advertising that the premises on which it is displayed are for sale or lease, and the advertisement and any structure together have a maximum area of 4.5 square metres in the Trade and Technology Zone.
(f)  The advertisement replaces one lawfully displayed on the same structure.
(g)  The advertisement displays a message relating to the premises on which it is situated and the advertisement and the structure (if any) together have a maximum area of:
(i)  30% of the front elevation of any building on which it is displayed in the Trade and Technology Zone, and
(ii)  a maximum height of either 4.6 metres above ground level or the height of a first floor window sill and, if suspended from an awning along a public road, the advertisement is not lower than 2.6 metres above ground level.

2   Ancillary development

Development (such as landscaping, gardening, paving or the erection of minor structures) that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary either to a use allowed by a development consent or to a lawful existing use (as defined in section 106 of the Act), but only if:
(a)  any ancillary structure is erected at least 1 metre from each boundary of the site and extends no more than 3 metres above natural ground level, and
(b)  any ancillary structure, paving or hard surface area covers not more than 25 square metres, and
(c)  the development does not involve excavation beyond 600 millimetres below natural ground level, and
(d)  it does not involve handling, storing or using hazardous chemicals or materials and does not release hazardous chemicals or any pollutants into the environment, and
(e)  it does not involve a display of an advertisement.

3   Demolition

Demolition, that is carried out in accordance with AS 2601—2001, Demolition of structures, of:
(a)  any structure the erection of which is identified as being exempt development by this plan, or
(b)  a structure covering an area of not more than 25 square metres.

4   Fences

Erection of boundary fences that comply with any relevant covenant and Council policy and:
(a)  are no more than 1.8 metres high if located behind the building line, but do not include any masonry construction over 900 millimetres above ground level, or
(b)  are no more than 900 millimetres high if forward of the building line.

5   Flagpoles

Erection of flagpoles not more than 6 metres high that are structurally adequate, but only one per site.
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