Part I - Other Considerations - Richmond Valley Council

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Richmond Valley Development Control Plan 2012I6.2 Animal Establishments - Boarding andTraining (Non-Commercial)(1) Non-commercial Keeping of Animals requiring Development ConsentThe following Table contains standards that will be used to determine whenthe keeping of animals for non-commercial purposes requires developmentconsent.ZoneR1 – General ResidentialRU5 - VillageNumber of Animals KeptThe maximum number of animals (excluding offspring to 3months of age) that may be kept on a property and anyspecific requirements are:(a) for dogs—5;(b) for cats—5;(c) for fowl and poultry—10, and must not include arooster;(d) for bees—1 hive, and the Beekeeper must beregistered;(e) for sheep, goats, pigs or horses—1; and(f) for all other animals—a maximum numberappropriate to the location, breed and temperamentof the animals so as not to interfere with the amenityof the area;No more than 2 types of animals being kept at themaximum number set per property.R5 – Large Lot Residential The maximum number of animals (excluding offspring to 3months of age) that may be kept on a property and anyspecific requirements are:(a) for dogs—5;(b) for cats—5;(c) for fowl and poultry—20;(d) for bees—2 hives, and the Beekeeper must beregistered; and(e) for all other animals—a maximum numberappropriate to the location, breed and temperamentof the animals so as not to interfere with the amenityof the area;No more than 2 types of animals being kept at themaximum number set per property.RU1 Primary Production The maximum number of animals (excluding offspring to 3months of age, and working dogs as per CompanionAnimals Act 1998) that may be kept on a property and anyspecific requirements are:(a) for dogs—5;(b) for cats—5; and(c) for all other animals—a maximum numberappropriate to the location, breed and temperamentof the animals so as not to interfere with the amenityof the area;No more than 2 types of animals being kept at themaximum number set per property.Note. The keeping of other types of animals or the erection of their shelters may beprovided for under State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and ComplyingDevelopment Codes) 2008. Examples ‘Animal shelters’, ‘Aviaries’, and ‘Fowl andpoultry houses’.Note 2 . The keeping of animals for commercial purposes may be captured by definitions of“animal boarding or training establishments” or “intensive livestock agriculture”.Part I – Other Considerations – Animal Est. – Boarding and Training Est. I.62

Richmond Valley Development Control Plan 2012I6.3 Design standards – AnimalEstablishments - Boarding and TrainingThe keeping of animals at populations exceeding those presented in theexempt provisions will warrant the lodgement of a development application.Council may consider such establishments to no longer be for domesticpurposes and to be assessed as either Intensive livestock agriculture oranimal boarding or training establishments.The keeping of animals for non-commercial purposes above numbersprescribed within I6.2 (exempt provision) is development for which consentwill be required as there is a higher likelihood there may be unacceptableimpacts resulting from the development in relation to noise, odour, waste, orany other impact or emission.This section of the DCP applies to the preparation, submission, assessmentand determination of development applications for consent approval ofCouncil to establish and operate an animal establishment. Animalestablishments include the following uses:‣ Intensive livestock agriculture where cattle, goats, sheep, poultry,pigs, rabbits or other livestock are held in buildings or in a confined areawholly or substantially for feeding and may consist of or includeagricultural industries such as:• a feedlot containing more than five (10) cattle fed for meatpurposes or concentrated feeding area for dairy or other animalproduct purposes,• piggery (including free range) containing more than five (5) pigs,• poultry farm (including free range) containing more than twenty (20)birds• rabbit farm consisting of over twenty rabbits (20)‣ Animal boarding, housing or training establishment including thekeeping, breeding, boarding, training, rearing and caring of greyhoundsor racehorses, dogs, cats and other forms of equine trainingestablishments exceeding 15 animals, including riding schools.(1) Areas where Intensive Animal Establishments are unlikely to besupportedFigure I6.3 defines the locations where development applications for animalestablishments will not be supported and represents these locations asconstrained due to:‣ Proximity to established residential, rural residential developments andto future residential or rural residential developments as delineatedwithin Urban or Rural Land Use Strategies prepared for Richmond ValleyProximity to either approved, established and operating forms of intensiveanimal establishments.In addition, Council cannot support the establishment of Intensive AnimalEstablishments or Livestock Agriculture where cumulative developments maypresent an increased amenity risk. The establishment of boarding and trainingestablishments on adjoining or close sites will be considered and ultimatelydetermined on a merit basis with the onus strongly on the applicant toPart I – Other Considerations – Animal Est. – Boarding and Training Est. I.63

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