Often, these events are staged at a distance from residential areas.

Pool is a significant contribution to Civic although at a distance from residential areas.

The directive must make it mandatory for landfill sites to be located beyond a certain distance from residential areas.

Factories may be required to be sited at some distance from residential areas in specially designated industrial zones.

I note in particular that the Council has failed to include minimum distances from residential areas for landfills which contain either hazardous or non-hazardous waste.

It is also worth pointing out that in the original proposal from the Commission a minimum distance from residential areas was included and was later removed by the Council.

In-general, Ipswich City Council maintains in excess of 500 Local Play and Picnic Parks, which are located within easy walking distance from residential areas.

With its manufacturing zones and its long distance from residential areas, schools and houses of worship, the area has become one of few places left in the city for adult-entertainment businesses.

It strongly favors the use of municipal buildings, which tend to be at a distance from residential areas, and which stand to benefit from the substantial revenue supplied by cellular companies.

Black River is located centrally between Hiway one and Hervey Range Road making access from the North, South and West a breeze when it comes to moving stock, and 21 km to townsville is a good distance from residential areas.

Let me end by saying that it is important that we approve the amendments tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, but it is also - and I stress this - necessary to take the steps required to establish a mandatory minimum safety distance from residential areas.

Over the years, Mr. Murphy and other legislators have successfully fought efforts to limit the size of hog farms, to increase their distance from residential areas and to eliminate the laws that regulate the large corporate operations of 10,000 hogs in the same way that a small family farm with 50 hogs is regulated.