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ORDINARY COUNCIL AGENDA - 30 MAY 2007 Page 14 opportunities and incentives for development to incorporate different products, systems, and construction methods. 2 A rationale for the application of tourist zonings in a Town Planning Scheme, including an assessment of land supply, types of accommodation and scale/character of development. This component should combine the research and analysis information to arrive at conclusions about what types of tourism developments are needed, how much land, in what location, in what strategic status. For example, an identified need for a larger or additional caravan park in the next three years, or a 100 bed hotel in five years. An assessment should be undertaken of the types of tourist zones currently used and obvious physical patterns of tourism development, any historical trends impacting development, and the availability of land for future tourism development. Future tourist zonings should reflect the scale/character of preferred development. This includes the potential for the creation of specific tourist zones that reflect particular types of accommodation - the tiered zoning framework (eg 'hotel', cabin/ chalet zones). The Strategy should also address the need for strategic tourism locations and special control areas. The Ministerial Taskforce Report provides an example of potential zones and how they are defined, and appropriate classifications for land uses within a model zoning table. 3 Identification of strategic and non-strategic tourism sites/locations or activity locations and the specific processes, provisions and assessment criteria to guide the planning and development of these areas. Sites identified as 'Strategic' will be 100 percent short stay. 'Non-strategic' sites may have a maximum of 25 percent permanent residential. These categories should be differentiated via the zoning table in the Town Planning Scheme. Criteria for strategic site identification (as per the Ministerial Taskforce Report) are as follows - a) Sustainability - the site should provide for tourism development that is sustainable in respect of its construction, operation and function. b) Planning context - the site has been identified in a regional planning strategy or in a region plan as having high tourism potential and value. c) Accessibility - the ease of access to the site or the associated attraction generally should be high, and appropriate to the nature of the facility or attraction. d) Uniqueness - the site may contain or be in the vicinity of an attraction of landmark value, or itself be of landmark value. e) Setting - the site may have an aspect and outlook that facilitates recreational tourism activities and/or the creation of a tourism character and ambience. f) Tourism activities and amenities - the site provides, or has easy access to, supporting activities and amenities such as tours, fishing, historic sites, walk trails, cafes, etc. g) Alternative sites - the site has an element of scarcity in that it may be the only opportunity to achieve a significant tourism development in an area. h) Suitability - the site is located within a land use context that will not overly limit the extent of activities of guests within the resort due to amenity impacts on adjoining residents or where the adjoining uses potentially will detract from the tourism character of the site. i) Capability - the site has the capacity to be developed for tourism purposes and accommodate the associated services in a manner that does not detract from the natural attributes of the site.
ORDINARY COUNCIL AGENDA - 30 MAY 2007 Page 15 j) Size - the site should be of a size adequate to accommodate a sustainable tourism facility of the appropriate type for the location, with consideration of future expansion, and exhibit potential for the necessary level of services to be provided. k) Function - Strategic tourism sites may perform a specific function, such as a traditional social or cultural role, and/or serve a particular clientele. 4 An assessment of the capacity of existing tourist zoned land the availability of land for future tourism development. This analysis would be undertaken as part of the 'existing situation' section. 5 Recognition of the existing and potential level of tourism development that can be catered for on land not zoned specifically for tourism purposes. This will involve an assessment of non-tourist zones in the Scheme which allow for tourism related development. These zones can complement tourist zonings and may be more useful in situations where the local industry needs more associated activities and amenities than actual direct tourist accommodation (such as cafes or gift shops) or there is a scarcity of suitable new tourism sites. (It should be noted that mixed use zones should not be used as surrogate tourist zones where there are no tourist zones and short stay accommodation is not the highest and best use of land.) 6 Approaches to providing for the long term protection of the range and volume of tourism developments through addressing - identified strategic tourism sites to be retained for tourism-only purposes, identified non-strategic tourist zoned land on which up to a maximum of 25 percent of the number of units/size of site may be developed with no occupancy restriction use, the function of caravan parks as providing for tourist, seasonal, and residential use and the need to provide adequate capacity to accommodate each category through limiting long-stay use of tourism parks and the conversion of caravan parks to park home parks, the proportion of cabin/chalet development that should be permitted within caravan parks and camping grounds, reflecting the character of existing users and projected demand, provisions for rural tourist accommodation and other complementary tourist uses in appropriate rural areas via a Policy mechanism and Scheme provisions, land that should be considered for future tourism use as a tourism precinct (strategic location), and land no longer required to be retained for tourism use, and mechanisms to ensure the sustainable retention of a range of tourist accommodation within the locality and to support emerging tourism development opportunities. The Local Tourism Planning Strategy should identify the need for any specific policies or measures required to improve the tourism environment and promote higher standards of tourism development, such as townscape improvements, economic development plans or strategies, proposals to upgrade public infrastructure and any design guidelines for the various tourist accommodation categories or particular sites/locations, where appropriate. These guidelines should incorporate issues such as site size and development density to guide the establishment of sustainable developments. The Strategy should also establish the requirement for the preparation of development guide plans/outline development plans and landscape and community impact assessment where considered necessary. Implementation of the Strategy This section will outline the actions needed to implement the Strategy. Any proposed Policy mechanisms and Amendments to the local Planning Scheme in terms of additional tourist zones and Scheme provisions and Policies should also be identified. The Strategy outcomes may be incorporated directly into the Scheme in the form of zones or Policies or a combination of both. Alternatively, provisions may be included in the Scheme which makes reference to the Strategy and/or applicable Policies, to give the
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