It is resolved that:
(A)
Council approve the Haymarket Library
Conservation Management Plan, prepared by Urbis Pty Ltd, dated 7 December 2018,
as required by the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 and provided at
Attachment C to the subject report;
(B)
Council approve the award of 1,125.38 square
metres of heritage floor space, subject to:
(i)
placing covenants on title, as required by the
Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012, to ensure that no development can occur
on the site that either:
(a) increases
the gross floor area of the heritage building; or
(b) increases
the height of the heritage building;
(ii)
placing covenants on title that ensure the
continued maintenance and conservation of the building in line with the
Haymarket Library Conservation Management Plan, prepared by Urbis Pty Ltd,
dated 7 December 2018. This covenant must include a requirement for ongoing
provision of adequate insurance and a maintenance fund, as required by the
Sydney Development Control Plan 2012; and
(iii)
completion of works required to address the
active decay of the stonework on the building, as outlined in paragraphs 30 and
31 of the independent consultant's report prepared by Hector Abrahams Architects.
These works are to be completed and verified by a suitably qualitied person
prior to the registration of the heritage floor space in the Heritage Floor
Space Register;
(C)
authority be delegated to the Chief Executive
Officer to confirm the calculation of the final award and finalise the deed and
required covenants in accordance with (B) above.
Carried unanimously.
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