Local Laws

Provides a legal and procedural framework for the administration, implementation and enforcement of the local government's local laws, subordinate local laws and specified regulatory powers under legislation, and to provide for miscellaneous administrative matters. 

Regulates and manages the keeping of animals in terms of how many, what type, how and where animals can be kept. It covers minimum standards for keeping animals, proper control when in public places and koala areas; management of dangerous/aggressive animals and seizure and destruction of animals in certain circumstances.

Provides for the elimination or reduction of risks and threats to the environment and public health, safety and amenity resulting from local pest weeds and animals; overgrown and unsightly allotments; local annoyances and hazard including structures that impact the amenity of the area; and specific noise standards.

Provides for the regulation of access and restriction of particular activities on local government controlled land, facilities, infrastructure and roads.

Provides for the establishment of traffic areas and off-street regulated parking areas and the prescribing of infringement notice penalties for minor traffic offences.

Provides for the designation and management of safe, supervised bathing areas within bathing reserves; regulation, conduct and use of aquatic equipment within bathing reserves; assignment of responsibility to life-saving clubs for managing, patrolling and supervising bathing reserves and regulating conduct within bathing reserves.

Regulates the storage, servicing and removal of waste; disposal of waste and Council waste facilities; and ensuring that it doesn't result in harm to human health, safety or personal injury; property damage or loss of amenity; or environmental harm/nuisance.

Regulates the display of election signs and referenda signs in Council’s region.