26Soil, water and effluent management

26 Soil, water and effluent management

26 Soil, water and effluent management

(1) A person must not carry out development that relates to the habitation of land by humans unless and until arrangements satisfactory to the Council have been made by the applicant (and if the applicant is not the owner, the owner also) for the provision of a water supply, facilities for the removal of sewage, and for the drainage of stormwater and other surface water from the land.

(2) In deciding whether arrangements for drainage of stormwater and other surface water and the treatment and disposal of effluent are satisfactory, the Council must take into account whether the proposed systems can be accomplished in a manner which meets the following objectives—

(a) economical feasibility and practicality in terms of design, installation and maintenance,

(b) protection of public heath,

(c) protection of surface water,

(d) protection of ground water,

(e) encouragement of the utilisation of wastewaters as a resource rather than a waste for disposal, and

(f) protection of community amenity.

(3) Despite any other provision of this plan, except clauses 2, 9 (3) and 21 and the objectives of the zone in which development the subject of this clause is proposed, the Council may consent to the construction of devices which, in the opinion of the Council, are to be used principally for the purpose of soil and water management or water pollution control.

(4) The Council must not consent to the carrying out of development on the following land involving the need for effluent disposal unless it is satisfied that any habitable building erected or to be erected on that land will be connected to a reticulated sewerage system linked to an operating sewage treatment plant for the locality—

Callala Beach, Griffin Street area

Land shown as being within Zone No 2 (c) on the map marked “City of Shoalhaven Local Environmental Plan 1985 (Amendment No 77)”.

cl 26: Am 18.12.1998. Subst 16.7.1999.