Plan to fund new drainage works
17 December 2014
Developers will be asked to contribute towards the cost of drainage works to improve flood protection in Bayside under a proposed development contributions plan.
Bayside City Council Mayor Cr. Felicity Frederico said the Bayside Drainage Development Contributions Plan (DCP) proposes a fair and equitable system for developers to make a contribution to the increased drainage capacity required when units and apartment blocks are built.
“The plan also allows Council to remain focused on its long-term financial management by continuing to look at opportunities for alternative revenue streams to take pressure off rate increases,” said Mayor Cr. Frederico.
The DCP proposes a development levy of $2000 for each additional ground floor dwelling, $1000 for each additional upper floor dwelling and $340 for each additional 100 sq.m of commercial development built in the Bayside municipality.
Contributions from developers will only be spent on infrastructure that services the drainage needs of new development in that catchment.
Residents building one house on a block of land will be exempt from paying the levy. Other exemptions include additions or extensions to existing dwellings, new dwellings that replace an existing dwelling, or commercial development that does not increase the existing building area and development on public land.
Contributions will be collected when applications for planning permits are approved or at the time of subdivision.
Implementation of the DCP is dependent on its incorporation into the Bayside Planning Scheme which requires authorisation from the Minister for Planning and will follow the planning scheme amendment process.
For further information contact Council on 9599 4444.
Source: http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/about_the_council/media_release_fund_new_drainage_works.htm
Glen Eira Debates 
January 2, 2015 at 8:58 AM
On some very basic calculations I work out that if council had a levy the mrc would be paying about $3.5m on the Bayside figures. More salt to the wounds.
January 2, 2015 at 9:39 AM
That’s good for Bayside, but you couldn’t trust GE to run a similar scheme, in no time at all the funds would be diverted into a pavilion, and all the councillors would be lined up singing in-tune.
WoW has anyone one seen the size of the monster arising at Duncan McKinnon Park lately, it is a dreadful eye-sore, and about a sympathetic to it surrounds as an oil ring on the Great Barrier Reef, like I said you couldn’t trust GE with anything, (MODERATORS: rest of sentence deleted)
January 2, 2015 at 12:49 PM
Throw in that the stand it replaces was relatively new.
The poor management decisions and profligacy of this council have no bounds.
January 3, 2015 at 12:44 AM
Stop bickering and do something about the way GEC makes decision. Will u?
January 4, 2015 at 10:41 AM
It’s far too early for April FOOLS day, but some people just cannot wait