Residents can expect to live in relative peace free from excessive local nuisance caused by noise, dust, smoke, fumes or odour.
From time to time, minor nuisances can be expected. The first step is to speak to the person undertaking the activity and try to reach a happy solution. The person may not be aware that they are causing a nuisance and a friendly approach may resolve the problem.
Please note one-off occurrences won't be investigated. We recommend you monitor the nuisance activity over a period of two weeks before submitting a Nuisance Impact Statement.
If the nuisance persists and you need our help, please tell us about the activity and how it is impacting you on the Nuisance Impact Statement below.
Nuisance Impact Statement
A nuisance impact statement provides information to help us investigate, manage and resolve reports. Please provide as much detail as you can about the nuisance, to enable us to conduct a thorough investigation.
What we can / can't do
Noise
✓ Fixed machinery such as air cons, pool pumps, bird scarers, vibration, delivery trucks at shops.
✓ Animals / birds
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✘ Parties or events
✘ Voice
✘ Vehicle
✘ Music
✘ Neighbourhood distrubances
✘ Aggressive / threatening behaviour
Please contact the SA Police Department on 131 444.
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Lighting
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✘ Light spill (i.e. security lights, garden or household lighting)
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Wood smoke / fire
✓ Wood heaters
✓ Backyard burning
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✘ Burning within fire danger season
✘ Public safety threat
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Dust
✓ Development sites
✓ Vacant land
✓ Animals
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Odour
✓ Approved development sites
✓ Home based businesses
✓ Waste / rubbish
✓ Sewerage / effluent
✓ Cigarette smoke / vape (private homes only)
✓ Internal food business ventiltation
✓ Animals - dog poo / birds / chickens
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✘ Home hobbies / home cooking
✘ Cigarette smoke / vape in shops / playgrounds / public spaces
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Unsightly
✓ Front yard / general condition of land
✓ Hoarding
✓ Overgrown / unconstrained vegetation
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Insanitary
✓ Pests and vermin (rats / mice / flies / mosquitoes / bees)
✓ Birds / chickens / pigeons
✓ Intensive animal keeping
✓ Non-domestic animals (eg. goats / pigs)
✓ Food scraps
✓ Rubbish
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✘ Animal welfare (please contact the RSPCA)
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Litter
✓ Stormwater pollution such as swimming pool water, paint.
✓ Dumped rubbish
✓ Effluent / wastewater discharge
✓ Asbestos
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Squalor
✓ Extremely cluttered and filthy
✓ Accumulation of rubbish
✓ Build-up of excrement
✓ Sewerage / effluent
✓ Decomposing food scraps
✓ Odours and vermin
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✘ Properties that are un-kept
✘Accumulation of items does not jeopardise health and safety
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Useful contacts
For further information, please contact us on 8384 0666.
The following sections below can assist you with your enquiry:
- Development Compliance
- Community Safety
- Environmental Health
What if it is an emergency?
Please note that in the event of an emergency, you should contact Triple zero (000).
For more information regarding the Triple zero (000) website, please refer to the Australian Government website page:
Our after hours emergency number is 8384 0622.