Planning Agenda - Eurobodalla Shire Council - NSW Government

ENVIRONMENT REPORT TO ENVIRONMENT, PLANNING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD ON TUESDAY 1 AUGUST 2006 Page 7
P06/52 NAROOMA KERB-SIDE FUEL BOWSERS 81.0219.B
5. Traffic Hazard
“If the bowser were removed we would have to dispense diesel from a bowser located on
the northern part of the driveway, as was the case twenty yeas ago. We changed
dispensing diesel from this pump because after filling, trucks would then have to reverse
back onto the highway, thus impeding the traffic flow. RTA (investigations) reviewing this
situation was satisfied with the necessity not to reverse onto the highway, thereby
allowing filling on the footpath area. The approval of this practice was deemed preferable
than having a large vehicle parked on the highway all day”
6. Redirection of pedestrians onto the road.
“All pedestrians and scooter users proceed onto the inside of the driveway, not on the
road.”
7. Business on Council footpath
“The service station was built in the 1890’s and the petrol bowsers installed in early
1900’s. In the early years we had seven bowsers, but currently one only. We do encourage
customers with right-hand fuel fillers to use the inside footpath area as a matter of safety
and commonsense, and then to vacate as quickly as possible to enable the area to be kept
clear.”
The long-tern future is to redevelop this site to residential/shops as indicated in the latest
LEP. We are presently considering the future and would like to commence any planning
negotiations with a likelihood of redevelopment in say 5 to 7 years”.
The present leases of the property are:
• Petrol (3.5 years to run)
• Workshop area (4 years)
I hope I have covered all your concerns as stated above. Our main control in place is to
redevelop this site as soon as possible however, in the meantime, could any direction to
remove the bowser please be considered accordingly, in a fair timeframe.”
LEGAL
Conditions of consent for redevelopment of the premises in 1967 required the removal of the
kerb-side pumps. Following representations by the then Minister for Conservation, Jack
Beale MLA, the removal of the pumps was not fully pursued. Since this time there has been a
considerable increase in legislative activity dealing with public safety and environmental
protection.
The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) in 2006 prepared a draft Regulation
to control and regulate the storage of petroleum products (including waste oils) in
underground petroleum storage systems (UPSS) in NSW. It is proposed that the new
regulation would mandate a preventative approach to minimise the risk of soil and
groundwater contamination from leaking underground storage tanks (which are part of
underground petroleum storage systems or UPSS). In particular, these leaks are potentially a
significant source of groundwater contamination, and remediation can be extremely costly,
technically difficult and time consuming.