58AProtected Areas

58A Protected Areas

58A Protected Areas

(1) The aims and objectives of this clause are to establish 3 different kinds of Protected Areas and, with respect to those areas—

(a) Environmental Constraint Area

(i) To protect environmentally sensitive land and areas of high scenic value in the City.

(ii) To provide a buffer around areas of ecological significance.

(iii) To restrict development on land that is inappropriate by reason of its physical characteristics or bushfire risk.

(b) Escarpment Area

(i) To preserve and enhance the natural environmental and visual significance of the escarpment system of the Blue Mountains.

(ii) To limit the presence of buildings and works in the escarpment area and to limit the impact of buildings on the perception of the escarpment as a significant natural feature.

(iii) To limit the proportion of hard surfaces in the escarpment area and to provide for the restoration of all degraded areas and their return to a natural habitat.

(c) Water Supply Catchment Area

(i) To protect the City’s water supply.

(ii) To maintain the quality of the natural environment.

(2) This clause applies to land to which this plan applies shown on the Map, within the meaning of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991, in a distinctive manner and by the following annotations—

Environmental Constraint Area

Escarpment Area

Water Supply Catchment Area

(3) In this clause—

storey is any separate floor within a building, but does not include—

(a) a floor of a building used exclusively for the purpose of car-parking, storage, laundry facilities or similar purposes, or any combination of such purposes, where the ceiling level of that floor is not more than 1 metre above finished ground level at any point, or

(b) storage or living space within the roof void.