17Buildings or works on land traversed by foreshore building line

17 Buildings or works on land traversed by foreshore building line

17 Buildings or works on land traversed by foreshore building line

(1) Application of clause This clause applies to land that is traversed by a foreshore building line.

(2) Objectives The objectives of this clause are as follows—

(a) to avoid adverse ecological effects on waterways,

(b) to protect and enhance significant natural features and vegetation on riparian land,

(c) to retain endemic vegetation along foreshore areas,

(d) to restore and revegetate foreshore areas to improve estuarine flora and fauna habitat,

(e) to minimise any adverse impact from development on water quality and, so far as is practicable, to improve the quality of urban run-off entering waterways,

(f) to minimise any adverse visual impact of development when viewed from adjacent land and waterways by using a design and materials that complement the natural landscape of the land to which this clause applies,

(g) to minimise any adverse impact of development on the natural landform of foreshore areas and waterways by integrating structures into the site with minimal change to the natural topography of the land to which this clause applies,

(h) to achieve an appropriate balance between private development and the public use of waterways,

(i) to maintain and improve public access to the intertidal area of waterfronts where there will be minimal environmental impact,

(j) to conserve and enhance structures on waterfronts that are of heritage significance,

(k) to minimise the obstruction of water views from public land,

(l) to ensure that there is no development below any foreshore building line, except as provided by this clause.

(3) Meaning of “foreshore building line”—generally In this plan—

foreshore building line, in relation to land (other than land referred to in subclause (4) or (5)), means—

(a) if a foreshore building line is shown on the map in relation to the land—