Code Amendment finalised

Code Amendment Finalised

The River Murray Flood Resilience Code Amendment has now been finalised and adopted by the Minister for Planning.

Key changes to the draft Code Amendment following consultation include:

• identifying a finished floor level of 4 m is ‘acceptable’ to achieve a level above a one-in-100-year flood event, rather than the ‘maximum’ height permitted
• including an overall permitted roof height of 5 m above the finished floor level
• identifying glass doors are not suitable to avoid floodwater impedance in underfloor areas, outbuildings and agricultural buildings
• excluding areas for lift facilities in calculating the maximum underfloor enclosed areas
• increasing the maximum building height to 9 m in the Rural Shack Settlement Zone (excluding garages, carports and outbuildings)
• reverting the zone for Ridgeway Estate, Murbko to Rural Zone and retracting finished floor level requirements between the river and the western section of Murbko Road in the estate
• retracting finished floor level requirements for Tailem Bend where ground level is above the level of a one-in-100-year flood event.

View the Code Amendment summary document and full engagement report for more information about what we heard and how community feedback influenced the final Code Amendment.

For further information visit the PlanSA website’s Rebuilding after the River Murray flood page.