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The first attempt
was in 2005. At the time, the hazard lines were deferred in
order to first develop a wider Coastal Strategy which was
finalised in 2006. Although this strategy discusses hazards
management, it does not identify any hazard lines.
The
second attempt was in 2012. This time, Council placed 50 and
100-year hazard lines on 1800 properties on the coast by way
of the Land Information Memorandum (LIM). In addition,
Council introduced the policy of managed retreat,
threatening to withdraw water, stormwater and sewerage
services from the 1800 homes even before their land or
buildings would suffer damage. Moreover, Council were
developing rules and restrictions around the hazard lines
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