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and Agriculture and Environmental Management Department Environmental Management Division Open Space Management Section

TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.2 Guidelines to establish legibility ...... 36 5.2.1 Implementing guidelines of the Tshwane Open Space Framework...... 36 Page 5.2.2 Determining street-specific guidelines...... 36 5.3 Local Open Space Plan...... 36 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Background...... 1 6 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS...... 37 1.2 Locality ...... 1 1.3 Objectives of the study ...... 3 1.4 Methodology ...... 3 7 GUIDELINES TO MANAGE THE LOCAL OPEN SPACE PLAN...... 38 1.4.1 Background information study ...... 3 7.1 Open Space Typologies...... 38 1.4.2 Available data ...... 3 7.2 Proposed Green Network ...... 39 1.4.3 Site investigations...... 3 7.2.1 Proposed Green Nodes...... 40 1.4.4 Establishment of a technical steering committee...... 3 7.2.2 Proposed Green Ways...... 43 1.4.5 Public participation process...... 4 7.3 Proposed Blue Network...... 45 7.3.1 Proposed Blue Nodes ...... 46 2 KEY ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE ZONE OF CHOICE “WEST” ...... 5 7.3.2 Proposed Blue Ways...... 49 7.4 Proposed Grey Network ...... 53 2.1 Issues identified in the ROSPs which are relevant to the “Zone of Choice” ...... 5 7.4.1 Proposed Grey Nodes...... 54 2.2 Catalyst / Strategic Projects identified in the area include...... 5 7.4.2 Proposed Grey Ways ...... 60 7.5 Proposed Brown Network ...... 62 3 DEMOGRAPHICS ...... 6 7.5.1 Proposed Brown Nodes ...... 63 7.5.2 Proposed Brown Ways...... 72 7.6 Proposed Red Network...... 81

4 ASSESSING THE STATUS QUO ...... 7 7.6.1 Proposed Red Nodes...... 82 4.1 Defining Open Space...... 7 7.6.2 Proposed Red Ways ...... 86 4.2 Assessment of Open Space in the Study Area...... 7 4.3 Green Network ...... 8 4.4 Findings and resolution – Green Network ...... 10 8 IMPLEMENTING THE LOCAL OPEN SPACE PLAN...... 88 4.5 Blue Network...... 11 8.1 Open Space Alienation Strategy...... 88 4.6 Findings and resolution – Blue Network...... 13 8.2 Alternative Service Delivery Strategy...... 88 4.7 Grey Network ...... 14 8.3 Open Space Safety Strategy ...... 88 4.8 Findings and resolution – Grey Network...... 16 8.4 Open Space Development Strategy...... 88 4.9 Brown Network ...... 17 8.5 Road Reserve Tree Strategy ...... 89 4.10 Findings and resolution – Brown Network...... 23 8.5.1 Street tree palette for Zone of Choice “West”...... 89 4.10.1 Resolution: Linking the Brown Network...... 24 8.6 Strategic Interventions and Phasing...... 94 4.11 Red Network...... 28 8.6.1 Green network...... 94 4.12 Findings and resolution - Red Network...... 31 8.6.2 Blue network...... 95 4.13 Assimilating the Local Open Space Plan ...... 33 8.6.3 Grey network...... 96 8.6.4 Brown network...... 96 8.6.5 Red network ...... 98 5 CREATING LEGIBILITY ...... 34 8.6.6 Tshwane Open Space Framework...... 98 5.1 Principles to strengthen Legibility along Brown & Red Ways ...... 36 i

ANNEXURES LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Annexure A Background Studies Figure 6 Blue network (Tshwane Open Space Framework) Annexure B River rehabilitation plan Figure 7 Proposed Blue Network Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Annexure C Proposed furniture palettes Figure 8 Grey network (Tshwane Open Space Framework) Figure 9 Proposed Grey Network Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Figure 10 Brown network Area 1 (Tshwane Open Space Framework) LIST OF TABLES Figure 11 The Zone of Choice “West” and key to areas within the site Table 1 Anticipated population figures by 2020, Region 1 Figure 12 Proposed Brown Network Area 1 Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Table 2 TOSF typology definitions Figure 13 Proposed Brown Network Area 2 Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Table 3 Existing open space in the Green Network Figure 14 Proposed Brown Network Area 3 Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Table 4 Existing open space in the Blue Network Figure 15 Proposed Brown Network Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Table 5 Existing open space in the Grey Network Figure 16 Red network (Tshwane Open Space Framework) Table 6 Existing open space in the Brown Network Figure 17 Proposed Red Network Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West” Table 7 Proposed open space in the Brown Network Figure 18 Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West” Table 8 Total open space in the Local Open Space Plan Figure 19 Legibility plan Table 9 Constraints Figure 20 Open Space Typologies for the Local Open Space Plan for Zone of Choice “West” Table 10 Opportunities Figure 21 Local Open Space Plan: Green Network Table 11 Proposed Green Nodes Figure 22 Local Open Space Plan: Blue Network Table 12 Proposed Green Ways Figure 23 Local Open Space Plan: Grey Network Table 13 Proposed Blue Nodes Figure 24 Local Open Space Plan: Brown Network Table 14 Proposed Blue Ways Figure 25 Local Open Space Plan: Red Network Table 15 Proposed Grey Nodes Table 16 Proposed Grey Ways Table 17 Proposed Brown Nodes Table18 Proposed Brown Ways Table 19 Proposed Red Nodes Table 20 Proposed Red Ways Table 21 COT recommended tree palette Table 22 Recommended street tree palette for Red Ways Table 23 Recommended street tree palette for Brown Ways

LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Locality of Zone of Choice within the City of Tshwane Figure 2 Locality of Zone of Choice “West” within the Zone of Choice Figure 3 Cells in Region 2 used to calculate projected population densities for 2020 Figure 4 Green network (Tshwane Open Space Framework) Figure 5 Proposed Green Network Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West”

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Executive Summary

The Local Open Space Plan (LOSP) for the Zone of Choice “West” is the third local open space plan to be compiled as part of the Tshwane Open Space Framework (TOSF) that was approved by the City of Tshwane (CoT) in November 2005.

The objectives of this project was to obtain a thorough understanding of the open space situation within the study area; develop an Open Space Network for the study area; provide the information in GIS format for integration into the current CoT database; prioritise future Open Space development and provide Implementation Guidelines for the open space plan.

The following information is included in this Executive Summary: • Open space network for the study area illustrated in the Local Open Space Plan (page iv) • A diagramme illustrating the typologies for the open space network of the Zone of Choice “West” (page v) • The description of each LOSP typology with a diagramme for each LOSP typology (pages vi-xii). These diagrammes are included in the guidelines for each typology that is contained in the main report (chapter 7)

The Local Open Space Plan identified all the open spaces in the Zone of Choice “West”, including parks, hard open spaces such as squares and market places, sporting facilities, swimming pools, golf courses and driving ranges. The Open Space Network illustrated in the Local Open Space Plan (LOSP) consists of a Green, Blue, Grey, Brown and Red Network. Each of these networks includes Nodes and Ways and was defined in the Tshwane Open Space Framework (TOSF) as open space typologies. Within each of the TOSF there are sub-classifications of types of open spaces and are defined as Local Open Space Plan typologies. These typologies are illustrated on pages vi-xii and discussed in detail in Chapter 7 of the main report.

The Brown Network in the Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West” forms the key element of the Open Space Network. Additional brown nodes are proposed, particularly in the western rapidly developing portion of the study area, to provide sufficient open space and recreational areas for the expected population densities by 2020. Additional brown ways and a hierarchy of brown ways are proposed to link the recreational elements with one another to form a legible recreational network.

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1.1 Background

The Tshwane Open Space Framework (TOSF) was approved by the City of Tshwane (CoT) in November 2005. The Tshwane OSF consists of three volumes: • Volume 1: An analysis of the current Open Space situation within Tshwane • Volume 2: Open Space Vision, Policy, Metropolitan and Regional Open Space Plans • Volume 3: Implementation Strategies (Alienation, Alternative Service Delivery, Open Space Development, Road Reserve Trees and Safety)

Volume 2 highlights the need to develop Local Scale Open Space Plans to assist in more detailed decision making aspects. The purpose of this study is to give effect to the drafting of a Local Open Space Plan for the “Zone of Choice” West.

KH Landscape Architects was appointed in April 2007 to undertake the drafting of a Local Open Space Plan for the “Zone of Choice West”. AfriGIS provided the GIS support for the project.

1.2 Locality

The Study Area is broadly defined by the Magaliesberg in the south, Hornsnek Road in the west, the Rosslyn Railway line in the north-west, the northern borders of the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve, the Onderstepoort Agricultural Holdings, the north-eastern borders of the farm Doringpoort 295JR up to the N1 and then the N1 in the east.

The “Zone of Choice” was conceptualised through a holistic approach focusing on the long term sustainability and the cost of infrastructure provisioning in the far north of the city with the vision of creating sustainable liveable communities in close proximity to employment. Subsequently the area is identified for large scale development including a number of urban cores, high to medium density residential areas and a large number of job opportunities. However, due to the scale and complexity of the proposed LOSP study, the “Zone of Choice” was divided into two areas. This LOSP will only focus on the area west of the Apies River.

Figure 1: Locality of Zone of Choice within the City of Tshwane

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Figure 2: Locality of the Zone of Choice “West” within the Zone of Choice area

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1.3 Objectives of the study 1.4.2 Available data The objectives of this study are to: • Obtain a thorough understanding of the dynamics of and planning for the Study Area • GIS information on the Tshwane Open Space Framework and aerial photographs of based on existing policy and strategy documents (Tshwane Spatial Strategy, CDS, the study area, taken in 2005 were used as basis for the planning process. MSDF, RSDF, TOSF, EMF, Local Plans); • Additional GIS information was obtained from the City of Tshwane on a “Vacant Land • Obtain a thorough understanding of the Open Space situation within the Study Area; Survey”, as well as existing land use and zoning information and flood lines • Maximise opportunities and strengths of Open Space within the Study Area; determined for the study area. • Address constraints and threats to Open Space within the Study Area; • Due to the rapid development in the western part of the study area, town planning • Develop a Visionary and Sustainable Open Space Network; consultants with applications for developments in the area were approached for draft • Provide a full set of information in GIS format for integration into the current system to layout plans to incorporate into the LOSP database. These draft layouts are not inform day-to-day decision-making; acknowledged as “approved townships”, but are used in the interim to provide • Prioritise future Open Space development (Ecological, Socio-economic and Place structure and inform the Local Open Space Plan. making); • Provide for Implementation Guidelines. 1.4.3 Site investigations

1.4 Methodology Site investigations were conducted to ground-truth the information available on the GIS database. The following information was verified during site visits: 1.4.1 Background information study • Locations of existing parks

• Accessibility of existing parks, nature reserves, streams and flood plains etc Studies completed for the City of Tshwane were reviewed and used to inform the Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West” and provide background. These studies • Development status of existing parks include: • Maintenance of existing parks • Tshwane’s City Strategy, 2004 • Public use of existing parks • Regional Spatial Development Framework (Region 1&2), February 2007 • Public perception of existing parks • Development Framework for the Eldorette, Heatherdale, Winternest Agricultural Holdings, June 2005 A photographic record was established of all existing parks, streets, streams and service facilities in the study area. Information compiled during the site investigations were entered • Pretoria North CBD Spatial Development Framework, August 2004 into a checklist for each park and open space element and added to the GIS database to • Tshwane Open Space Framework, November 2005 complete a status quo document. • Tshwane Inner City Local Open Space Plan, January 2007 • Zone of Choice Environmental Management Framework Report, March 2007 1.4.4 Establishment of a technical steering committee • Akasia Metropolitan Core Development Strategy, January 2006

Apies River Urban Design Framework, June 1999 • At the onset of the study, a technical steering committee was established, consisting of key role players from various sections of the City of Tshwane, including Open Space A brief description of the studies with a summary of the areas of specific relevance to the Management Section, City Planning and Regional Services, Parks, Horticultural & Local Open Space Plan for the “Zone of Choice” West is included in Annexure A of this Cemetery Services Provision Management Section and Nature Conservation Section. report.

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The steering committee consisted of: City of Tshwane Department / Section Representative During this process, various alternatives were discussed and the best–possible alternatives were chosen. Open Space Management Section Siegwalt Kusel El-May Brink The steering committee was afforded an opportunity to review the Draft project report City Planning and Regional Services Andre du Plessis before finalization. Region1 Hannes Koster Parks, Horticultural & Cemetery Services Pieter Dicks 1.4.5 Public participation process Provision Management Section Dennis Caudron Gerard van der Zwann A public participation process was undertaken to identify community needs for the Local Nature Conservation Section David Boshoff Open Space Plan and open spaces in the study area, as well as to inform the ward Phildette Heunis councilors and other key role players of the process and the outcome of the study. Consultants, KH Landscape Architects Karien Hanekom Ward councilors from the wards in the study area (wards 2, 4, 5, 50, 49, 31 and 32) were An interactive approach was used where the steering committee met on a bi-weekly basis invited to two meetings and afforded an opportunity to review and comment on the draft to develop the Local Open Space Plan in a collaborative process. Aerial photos and GIS report. information of the study area, as well as findings of the site investigations, were tabled to steer the decision-making process. Consultants such as town planners and environmental consultants working on new development applications in the study area were invited to attend a presentation and On an ad-hoc basis, additional CoT representatives from Transportation, Water and discussion meeting on the Draft Local Open Space Plan and were afforded an opportunity Sanitation, Waste Management, Roads and Stormwater and Housing were invited to attend to review and comment on the draft report. meetings or were consulted in separate meetings, when specific input was required. CoT representatives consulted include: Residents and key role players identified during the Environmental Management Framework were invited to a briefing/presentation meeting where the draft LOSP was City of Tshwane Department / Section Representative presented. Stakeholders were also informed that draft documents were available for review

at the ward councilors’ offices. City Planning and Regional Services Louis Robinson

Region 2 Needs identified include: Roads and Stormwater Division Gawie Jansen van Vuuren • Safety in parks Lutz Johannes • Recreational facilities to occupy youth Sport and Recreation Section Zelda Breytenbach • Sporting facilities Kelebogile Lefhiedi • Regional scale multi-functional facilities Parks, Horticultural & Cemetery Services Gerhard Lombard

Provision Management Section A full report on the public participation process has been compiled as a stand-alone Transportation Freddy Pretorius document. Water and sanitation Mandla Myanga Mmbudzeni Dali Waste Management Margaret van der Walt Hannes Smit Housing Heleen Muller Pumza Letsoalo

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2 KEY ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE ZONE OF CHOICE “WEST”

The area referred to as the “Zone of Choice” was selected as the subject matter of the development of a Local Open Pace Plan due to its identification as focus area for strategic investment in the Metropolitan area.

2.1 Issues identified in the ROSPs which are relevant to the “Zone of Choice”

• The Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment in the south; • Significant watercourse systems throughout, most notably the Apies River, Sand Spruit, Boepenspruit; • Small portions of Protected Areas at the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve; • Ecologically sensitive areas associated with ridge and watercourse systems; • Very little CoT maintenance data on all types of open space resources; • Very low ratio of developed open space; • The absence of any significant regional recreational open space facility; • Potential Place-making opportunities around the proposed Urban Core for Akasia

2.2 Catalyst / Strategic Projects identified in the area include

• “Zone of Choice” SEA/EMF; • South western areas of Onderstepoort Protected Area cut of by the Onderstepoort and the National route 4 must be investigated for redevelopment • Development of regional open space • Development of the Apies River blue way.

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3 DEMOGRAPHICS

The Zone of Choice is characterised by a rapidly changing demographic pattern due to a large number of new residential developments in the area, particularly in the areas of Heatherdale A.H., Amandasig, Chantelle and The Orchards.

The City of Tshwane City Planning and Regional Services, Region 1, has made projections for anticipated population growth until 2020. The Region was divided into 15 cells as illustrated in Figure 3. The study area comprises of cells 1-8.

Table 1: Anticipated population figures by 2020, Region 1 Cell number Anticipated population by 2020 1: Pretoria North, Nina Park, Wolmer, Tileba, Florauna 35 632 2: Clarnia, Eldorette, Hesteapark, Heatherview, 54 548 Theresapark 3: Klerksoord 10 990 4: Karen Park, Doregt 15 166 5: Amandasig, Chantelle 21 601 6: The Orchards x 24, x 26, x 27, x 30-34, x 36-38, x 54 14 600 7: The Orchards x 21, x 35, x 40-52, x 56-58 118 816 8: Hartebeesthoek 1 700 9: Wildebeesthoek Outside study area 10 Rosslyn 17 138 Total anticipated people in the area 290 191 Figure 3: Cells of Region 1 used to calculate projected population densities for 2020

The projected figures provided by City Planning and Regional Services, were used to determine the need for public open space in relation to population density. As indicated in the Tshwane Open Space Framework, the City of Tshwane Environmental Management Department uses statistical figures of 1ha of open space per 1000 residents.

The estimated open space requirement for the study area is 290 hectares. The status quo assessment that is discussed in Chapter 4 of this report, includes an assessment of the existing area of open space within the study area.

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4 ASSESSING THE STATUS QUO

The study area was assessed in terms of the following: Table 2: TOSF typology definitions • Existing developed zoned Open Space (Public and Privately owned); Func- Form • Existing undeveloped zoned Open Space (Publicly and Privately owned); tion Nodal Linear • Existing vacant land (Publicly and Privately owned) through ground truthing and Green Node Green Way review of the Vacant Land Audit; Areas within which ecological systems, Green Ways consist of ridge or hill systems, • Existing and required Open Space Provisioning ratios in the Study Area as per processes and value are concentrated. defined as areas steeper that 5 degrees in TOSF requirements; It includes important habitats for fauna which ecological systems processes and • Legibility of the Study Area; and flora, and areas representative of values are concentrated. Also represent local biomes, vegetation types and high important habitats for fauna and flora, areas • Public Perception and Needs of Open Space in the Study Area; ecological sensitivity such as Protected representative of local biomes, vegetation • Swot Analysis of existing Open Spaces (especially in terms of, but not limited to Areas, GDACE Irreplaceable and types and high ecological sensitivity as well distribution, accessibility, connectivity, character, development status, perceptions); Important sites. as areas of linkage and connectivity. • Shortcomings and limitations of the current Open Spaces; Blue Node Blue Way • Critical network requirements to realise the TOSF Open Space vision within the A permanent water body or water Watercourse of any order, defined by a Study Area. saturated soils, housing aquatic fauna natural contour low point. Not a watercourse and flora. Not an area for the outright for the outright purpose of stormwater purpose of stormwater management management. Inclusive of both the Riverine 4.1 Defining Open Space (e.g. Dams, Wetlands, Peatlands.) and Riparian Zones within the 1: 50 year Ecological floodline. The Tshwane Open Space Framework identified and described open space typologies that Brown Node Brown Way are summarised in Table 2. Brown Nodes are informal and Brown Ways include different types of formalised recreational Open Spaces, “movement” space. (e.g. Corridors, 4.2 Assessment of Open Space in the Study Area as well as socio-economic centres (e.g. Linkages, Activity Streets, Collector Streets) Capital, Urban and Metropolitan Cores, The Zone of Choice West comprises various developing and established residential areas; Multipurpose Sports Facilities, Sports Stadia, Recreational Parks, Resorts) agricultural holdings; two Urban Core areas namely the Pretoria North CBD and Akasia; Grey Node Grey Way Rosslyn industrial area, identified as a Blue IQ project; natural features such as the Grey Nodes include open space with Grey Ways include open space associated Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment, Bon Accord Dam, Onderstepoort Nature services and urban utilities. with service and urban utilities. Reserve and streams such as the Apies River, Boepenspruit, Kaalplaas Spruit and Sand (e.g. Landfill Sites, Cemeteries, Mines, (e.g. Servitude, Railway Line) River. Socio-economic Quarries, Reservoirs, Parking Lots) Red Node Red Way Each unique area was assessed separately and linked into an understanding of the open Red Nodes are the most important Red Ways include ceremonial routes and space system within the Zone of Choice “West”. “Placemaking moments” in the city boulevards that link symbolic elements (Red structure. (e.g. Gateways, Landmarks, Nodes) or Brown Nodes. The five typology forms as defined in the TOSF were used to assess the study. In items 4.3 Culture Historical Features/ Place-making – 4.12 the status quo assessment of the five typologies within the study area are discussed. Destinations, Squares)

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4.3 Green Network

Figure 4: Green network (Tshwane Open Space Framework)

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Status Quo Assessment – Green Network

Accessibility The Magaliesberg is inaccessible to the public as open space due to properties owned by private individuals that extend into the mountain. The Rosslyn Hills are inaccessible to the public as open space due to their location in the industrial area. The Green Nodes of the Boepens Spruit, Sand Spruit and Kaalplaas Spruit are inaccessible as they are located on private land that is rapidly developing into a high density residential area. The Onderstepoort Nature Reserve and Pyramid Hills are inaccessible to the public as open space as it is a State Nature Reserve.

Connectivity The Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment (PNE) forms a connected ridge system. The Rosslyn Hills are connected to one another. The ecologically sensitive sites are connected along the streams. The Pyramid Hills form a connected ridge system within the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve. The Boepens Spruit provides an ecological link to the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve.

Character Natural.

Development status / ecological status The Magaliesberg Mountains are pristine natural areas with high ecological diversity. The ecologically sensitive sites are presently undeveloped and areas of natural vegetation still occur. Ecological assessments must be undertaken as part of the development process. The Rosslyn Hills are disturbed by dumping, illegal off-road tracks and quarrying. The Onderstepoort Nature Reserve is a natural area with good ecological diversity. The Nature Reserve area also contains wetlands associated with the Boepens Spruit.

Public perception The Magaliesberg mountain range acts as a prominent natural landmark in the landscape. There is conflict between development needs of private land owners along the Magaliesberg and conservation status of the MPNE area. No strong public perception towards the Rosslyn Hills was noted. Due to the inaccessibility of the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve, there is no defined public perception towards the area. However, the Rosslyn and Pyramid Hills form strong landmarks in the area.

Shortcomings and limitations • Land ownership of areas with ecologically sensitive sites by mostly private individuals and in areas of rapid high density residential development – limits public access to open space areas • Lack of accessibility of Magaliesberg and ecological areas to the public • Lack of development funds to secure the ecologically sensitive sites for conservation and to implement a management plan. • Land ownership of the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve by an organ of the state, and not by the City of Tshwane. • Lack of public access to Onderstepoort Nature Reserve

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4.4 Findings and resolution – Green Network

Findings Resolution

Although the Green Network consist of large areas of open space, both the Onderstepoort The Environmental Management Framework (EMF) undertaken for the Zone of Choice made use of Nature Reserve and the Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment are largely the GDACE C-Plan II information to update areas of high ecological sensitivity. These areas were inaccessible to the public. Onderstepoort Nature Reserve is state-owned and not managed included into the Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West” and areas that were by the City of Tshwane. Most of the properties bordering onto the Magaliesberg Mountains previously included but found not sensitive or already transformed by development, have been are privately owned, with no public access to the natural area. The magnitude of perceived omitted. available open space versus accessible open space is illustrated in Table 3 below. The hiking trail is indicated in the Green Network for potential future implementation once a Section Table 3: Existing open space in the Green Network 21 company has been established for the MPNE area west of Wonderboom Poort. Typology Accessible Inaccessible Total Open Space Public Open Public Open Space The Green Network of the Local Open Space Plan for Zone of Choice “West” is illustrated in Figure 5 Space but enlarged and discussed in more detail in Chapter 7. Green Nodes 14.06 ha 2 329 ha 2 343.06 ha Green Ways 0 1 000ha 1 000 ha Total open 1.06 ha 3 329 ha 3 343 ha space

Even though the open space of the Green Network is largely inaccessible for active recreational purposes, this network fulfils important ecological functions within the study area.

The Green Network is connected to the Open Space System but mainly through the streams flowing through the study area. Sites of ecological importance identified in the Tshwane Open Space Framework have undergone change due to rapid high density residential development in the area. Site-specific ecological assessments have identified areas of sensitivity that will be excluded from development and included into public open space areas.

The Department of Geography, University of Pretoria developed a hiking trail for the Magaliesberg in the Akasia area of the City in 1991. The hiking trail consists of two sections - one east of the R80 and the other west of the R80. The trail layout indicates areas of sensitive vegetation, view points, swimming places and Iron Age artifacts. This trail was however never implemented because the trail crosses private properties and accessibility was a problem.

Figure 5: Proposed Green Network (Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West”)

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4.5 Blue Network

Figure 6: Blue network Area (Tshwane Open Space Framework)

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Status Quo Assessment – Blue Network

Accessibility The streams are mostly inaccessible, due to their location on privately owned land. Where streams cross roads, the edges of the roads have been fenced off to aid with safety of residents living adjacent to the streams or to secure property boundaries

Connectivity The streams with their tributaries form a connected river system from their origins throughout the study area.

Character The Sand Spruit and Kaalplaas Spruit are predominantly natural watercourses with localized modifications for farm dams. Modification of the stream channels are occurring in areas where high density residential developments are being constructed. The Boepens Spruit is canalized through the Akasia Urban Core and up to the R80. The Boepens Spruit is a predominantly natural watercourse east of the R80 with localized modifications for erosion protection with gabions. The Mirting Loop is canalized through the Klerksoord industrial area but changes to a natural watercourse in the area between the N4 Platinum highway and Rosslyn Road (R566). The flood plain of the Apies River is transformed by agricultural practices.

Development status / ecological status All the streams function as ecological links in the open space system, and must be regarded to have high ecological sensitivity.

Public perception Safety concerns of private land owners living adjacent to the streams. Conflict of protecting the riparian areas and flood plain against encroachment of development into these areas.

Shortcomings and limitations • Areas through which the streams flow are owned by private individuals. • Lack of public access along the streams. • Lack of development funds to secure more ecologically sensitive areas for conservation and to implement a management plan for the streams.

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4.6 Findings and resolution – Blue Network The Blue Network of the Local Open Space Plan for Zone of Choice “West” is illustrated in Figure 7, but enlarged and discussed in more detail in Chapter 7. Findings

The streams forming the Blue Network of the Zone of Choice “West” are the connecting elements of the Open Space System. The streams are mostly still natural streams, but are modified locally in new high density residential developments.

Most of the streams cross over privately owned properties and the flood plains are fenced off from public access. Current safety concerns cause residents to fence streams off. Table 4 illustrates the area that could be available as usable public open space that could provide a linear recreational function in addition to the ecological functions provided by the streams in the area.

Table 4: Existing open space in the Blue Network Typology Accessible Inaccessible Total Open Space Public Open Public Open Space Space Blue Nodes 4 ha 414 ha 418 ha Blue Node 0 109 ha 109 ha Bon Accord Dam Blue Ways 116 ha 301 ha 417 ha Total open 124 ha 1238 ha 1362 ha space

The Bon Accord Dam has a surface area of approximately 109 hectares and is considered inaccessible public open space because it provides recreational activities, but the area has Figure 7: Proposed Blue Network (Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West”) access control and only provides water-related recreational activities.

Resolution

The Environmental Management Framework (EMF) undertaken for the Zone of Choice indicates wetlands and inundated areas associated with the Boepenspruit and Mirting Loop. The delta area associated with the confluence of the Apies River and Boepenspruit in the Bon Accord Dam is also regarded as a sensitive area. These areas were included into the 32m buffer system of the Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West” and the hydrology layout of the EMF was used to amend the LOSP blue ways.

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4.7 Grey Network

Figure 8: Grey network (Tshwane Open Space Framework)

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Status Quo Assessment – Grey Network

Accessibility Reservoir sites are currently not accessible to the public. Substations are not accessible to the public due to safety/security concerns. Some of the stations on the railway lines are not operational and therefore the stations are not accessed by the public. Cemeteries are currently not used as part of the open space system, but could provide contemplative open space within the study area fabric. The landfill site may be used for recreational or sporting facilities after its decommissioning.

Connectivity The grey nodes are currently not connected to the open space system.

Character Utilities have a functional character.

Development status / ecological status The reservoir sites are located within the MPNE and are linked to areas with high ecological sensitivity. The substation, landfill site and railway stations are currently located in rural areas that will develop into high density residential areas.

Public perception None.

Shortcomings and limitations • No access currently from the reservoir sites into the Magaliesberg • Long operational period remaining at the landfill site may only provide recreational facilities on this site, in the longer term.

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4.8 Findings and resolution – Grey Network

Findings

Currently the grey network does not provide any open space functions. Table 5 illustrates the potential available area for open space, although most of the grey nodes would only provide a partial recreational function. Grey ways are not included in the calculation since these elements will only provide a visual open space benefit, but cannot be quantified into usable recreational space.

Table 5: Existing open space in the Grey Network Typology Accessible Inaccessible Total Open Space Public Open Public Open Space Space Grey Nodes 23.45 ha 75.44 ha 98.89 ha Total open 23.45 ha 75.44 ha 98.89 ha space

Resolution

The grey nodes of the reservoirs in the MPNE area have an opportunity to provide public access into the Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment on municipally owned property. Public access onto the reservoir sites could provide additional surveillance against vandalism of these sites. Opportunities also exist to establish youth camps within the municipal sites to provide access into the MPNE. A management agreement should be reached between the services departments and conservation department if public access is considered. Figure 9: Proposed Grey Network (Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West”)

Cemeteries in the study area have an opportunity to be developed as public parks for contemplation and as memorial gardens and could add green landscaped areas to the Zone of Choice “West”. By planting trees through the cemeteries and along the periphery, ecological links could be established to the brown network of streets and parks.

The Grey Network of the Local Open Space Plan for Zone of Choice “West” is illustrated in Figure 9, but enlarged and discussed in more detail in Chapter 7.

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4.9 Brown Network

Figure 10: Brown network (Tshwane Open Space Framework)

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For the purpose of the site assessment, the study area was divided into four key areas that are illustrated in Figure 11:

Figure 11: The Zone of Choice “West” and key to areas within the site

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Brown network – Area 1 Brown Ways:

• R80 (PWV 9) Mabopane Highway There are no Urban Core areas, Golf courses or multi-purpose parks/sport facilities in Area 1. • Proposed PWV 7

Local Brown Nodes: • Hornsnek Road • Park corner Railway Rd & Stasie Ave (Hartbeeshoek) • Rosslyn Road (R556) • Park between railway line & Hulton Str (Hartbeeshoek) • Brits Rd / Rachel de Beer Rd • Two parks between Hendrick van Eck Str & railway line (Rosslyn) • First Avenue

• Park between Hendrick van Eck & Frans du Toit Str • Park corner Doreen & Hulton Str (The Orchards) Brown network – Area 3 • Foxcroft Str Park (The Orchards) • Park corner Bertram & Dorfling (The Orchards) Urban Core areas: • Park corner Plantain & Pine Str (The Orchards) • Pretoria North Urban Core • Proposed Rainbow Junction Urban Core Brown Ways : • R80 (PWV 9) Mabopane Highway Golf courses: • Proposed PWV 7 • Akasia Country Club • Hornsnek Road • Hillside Driving Range • Rosslyn Road (R556) Multi-purpose parks/sport facilities: Doreen Ave • • Pretoria North Sport Facility (east of Daan De Wet Nel Str)

• Van Riebeeck Park (Pretoria North) Brown network – Area 2 • Vader Kestell Park (Pretoria North) • Pretoria North Swimming Pool Urban Core areas: • Park and sport facilities corner Porcupine & Tsessebe Str, Theresapark • Akasia/Karen Park Urban Core There are no Golf courses in Area 2. Local Brown Nodes: • Bokser Str Park (Hestea Park) Multi-purpose parks/sport facilities: • Park corner Bleshoender & Sparrow (Ninapark) • Akasia squash club • Suurklapper Park (Ninapark) with large undeveloped public open space extending into Magaliesberg

• Three local parks in Theresapark Local Brown Nodes: • Two local parks in Tileba • Park between Diffenbachia Rd & R80 (Chantelle) • Jackson van Zyl Park (Tileba) • Park between Hoffman & Stoffberg Str (Chantelle) • Park corner Theron & Luttif (Clarina) • Park corner Ebbehout & Danie Malan Str (Chantelle) • Park between N4 and Joan Str (Winternest) • Park between Clive & Annaboom Str (Chantelle) • Two local parks in Heatherdale • Park between Stasie & First Ave (Chantelle) • Theron Str park (Clarina) • Park between Stasie & Salie Str (Chantelle) • Emily Hobhouse Park • Frank Raymondo Park (Akasia) • Jopie Fourie Park • Delia Park (Wolmer) • Oxalis Park (Florauna)

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Brown network – Area 3 (Continued)

Brown Ways:

• N4 Platinum Highway • M35 Soshanguve Road • Rosslyn Road (R556) • Lavender Road (R513) • Daan de Wet Nel Drive • Rachel de Beer • First Avenue • Willem Cruywagen Road • President Steyn Street

Brown network – Area 4

There are no existing brown nodes or unique brown ways in Area 4

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Status Quo Assessment – Brown Nodes

Accessibility The open space areas in Rosslyn are accessible from the roads, but not from adjacent properties. The open space areas in Akasia, Amandasig, Chantelle and The Orchards are accessible to the residents of the area directly around the parks. No regional open space exists in the area. In Area 3, the golf course is operated as a club and has member-access only. The driving range is accessible to the public. The sport facilities are leased by clubs with membership access.

Connectivity The open space areas in Rosslyn form a connected system. The parks in Area 1 and 2 are not connected to one another or the open space system, apart from a few in the western area that follow the floodplain of the streams. The parks in Area 3 that are located adjacent to the brown ways are connected to one another but legibility is lacking.

Character The character in Rosslyn is urban/industrial. The character in The Orchards is built-up residential where development is in progress, and rural where development has not taken place yet. The character in Akasia and Karen Park is commercial and residential. The character in Amandasig and Chantelle is changing from rural to residential where development is in progress. The character in Florauna, Dorandia, Tileba, Wolmer etc is residential. The character in Heatherdale is changing from rural to residential where development is in progress. The character in Pretoria north is a mixture of commercial and residential.

Development status / ecological status Some of the local parks have been developed with children’s play areas and seating. The parks located in the floodplains of the streams are ecologically sensitive and development of these parks must be undertaken with consideration to retaining the ecological linkages and integrity of the area. The multi-purpose parks in Area 3 are well-developed with a combination of children’s play areas, seating, sport facilities or a splash pool. There are parks that remain undeveloped

Public perception Residents experience conflict of uses in the local parks. There is a need for sport, active recreation and children’s play areas as well as improved safety.

Shortcomings and limitations • Lack of development funds to develop and maintain all local parks in the area • Lack of community buy-in in Rosslyn to develop the open space system for employees • Need for larger regional sport facilities or multi-purpose facilities • Limited space for and general lack of sport facilities in the western part of the study area

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Status Quo Assessment – Brown Ways

Accessibility The brown ways are easily accessible to vehicles. The roads do not provide for pedestrian movement. No pedestrian access is allowed onto highways such as the R80. Some of the local roads in Area 2 and 3 provide for bicycle movement. No provision is made for formalised pedestrian movement.

Connectivity The brown ways provide Regional and Local connectivity or linkages.

Character The character of the brown ways open and semi-rural in The Orchards and industrial in Rosslyn. The character of the brown ways is semi-built up and residential in Amandasig, Chantelle, Heatherdale, Dorandia, Tileba and Ninapark and a mixture of commercial and residential in Akasia. The character of the brown ways is built-up in Pretoria North.

Development status / ecological status The brown ways are semi-developed, but provision is not made for formalized pedestrian movement along the roads. Very little tree planting has been done in Area 1. Some tree planting has been done in the Akasia Urban Core in Area 2 that should be extended along the main routes. Some tree planting has been done in Area 3 in Heatherdale and most streets in the more established areas such as Pretoria North, Wolmer, Tileba, Dorandia, Florauna and Ninapark are provided with street trees.

Public perception Conflict between public safety, pedestrian safety, vehicular movement, heavy vehicles stopping next to the road and taxi stopping areas.

Shortcomings and limitations • Lack of defining streetscape elements such as trees, kerbs, pedestrian paths and litterbins • Agreements must be reached between Gautrans and the City of Tshwane regarding maintenance and development along provincial roads before any improvement can be made.

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4.10 Findings and resolution – Brown Network Table 6: Existing open space in the Brown Network Findings Typology Accessible Inaccessible Total Open Space Public Open Public Open Space The more established areas of Pretoria North, Wolmer, Tileba, Dorandia, Ninapark, Space Florauna and Akasia have a high density of local parks compared to the newer developing Existing 91.94 ha 97.99 ha 189.93 ha areas of Heatherdale, Amandasig, Chantelle, Orchards and the agricultural areas of Brown Nodes Strijdfontein and Plantland. Brown Ways: 0.51 ha 0 0.51 ha Pedestrian The area including The Orchards and the area westwards up to Hornsnek Road, is still Linkages characterised by agricultural holdings, but is rapidly developing with high density residential Total open 92.45 ha 97.99 ha 190.44 ha complexes. Development is occurring in an ad-hoc fashion due to individual smallholdings space being sold to developers. Development in Heatherdale is guided by a Spatial Development Framework, but adequate open space must be provided for to ensure sufficient recreational There is a need to provide more local parks, develop existing local parks, and provide space will be included in the developed area. regional scale multi-purpose parks and sporting facilities as well as local sporting facilities. Residents in the area have identified a need for additional sporting facilities. There is a risk that without some intervention to secure public open space as soon as possible, the entire area will be developed as a high density residential area without The individual parks must also be linked to one another, to provide a legible and interlinked adequate sport and recreational facilities. open space system. The proposed additional brown nodes were calculated to indicate the additional open space that will be provided with the implementation of the LOSP. There are two sporting facilities in Pretoria North catering to the region, but neither is large enough to provide sufficient facilities for the whole Zone of Choice “West” area. Travelling Table 7: Proposed open space in the Brown Network distances to The Orchards from Pretoria North limits the accessibility of these facilities to Typology Accessible Inaccessible Total Open Space residents of The Orchards area. A small multi-purpose park and sport facility in Public Open Public Open Space Theresapark also provides local sporting facilities, but is again not sufficient to meet the Space community’s needs. In addition to the above, facilities such as the Akasia Golf Club, Proposed 275 ha 70.3 ha 345.3 ha Hillside Driving Range and the sport facility on Daan de Wet Nel Road are leased to clubs Brown Nodes and are not accessible to the general public. Existing 91.94 ha 97.99 ha 189.93 ha brown Local parks range from well developed, through semi-developed to undeveloped parks. network Total open 366.94 ha 97.99 ha 535.23 Table 6 illustrates the available open space in the brown network, only calculating brown space nodes, and pedestrian linkages under the Brown Ways. All other brown ways were excluded from the calculation since streets are not able to provide a definite recreational The landfill site has been retained as “inaccessible” open space in the interim, but will function, even though they link open space elements with one another. become accessible once it has been developed into sporting or recreational facilities. The additional proposals for the brown network are discussed in more detail in item 4.10.1 below.

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4.10.1 Resolution: Linking the Brown Network

Area 1: Rosslyn, The Orchards and west towards Hornsnek Road A hierarchy of access and local roads were also established for this area. A proposal is to classify the following streets as Local Brown Ways: A master plan of proposed developments west of The Orchards was compiled and the draft • Hulton Road and its extension westwards township layout plans included into the Local Open Space Plan to assist in identifying • Include new roads in the developing areas of The Orchards and Strijdfontein A.H. sensitive areas, areas below the 1:100 year flood line and private open space areas.

Figure 12: Proposed Brown Network Area 1

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Area 2: Akasia, Karen Park, Chantelle and Amandasig area The private open space areas that have already been allocated in residential developments In order to increase the available public open space areas, it is proposed to change the are also included into the network. land use of identified existing vacant municipal properties to public open space. The area around “The Forum” in Akasia must also be secured as public open space. Additional local brown ways are proposed to be included in the open space network. The proposal is to classify the following streets as Local Brown Ways: In addition, as a minimum, the area below the 1:50 year flood line or 32m from the centre • Change Doreen Road from Red Way to Brown Way line of all streams, whichever is the greatest, must be included into the public open space. • Include the extension of Doreen Road south of Brits Road However, if the area below the 1:100 year flood line can be secured as public open space, • Include Longmore Street from Brits Road to the Rosslyn railway line, linking with the it will ensure a larger area of public open space as well as better ecological connectivity Grey Network along the streams. • Include the future extension of Heinrich Road northwards from First Avenue across the N4

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Area 3: Pretoria North, Ninapark, Dorandia, Tileba, Heatherdale By extending some of the existing brown ways and adding additional local brown ways, a linked network of open spaces can be established. A proposal is to classify the following In order to increase the available public open space areas particularly in the Heatherdale streets as Local Brown Ways: area, it is proposed to change the land use of identified existing vacant municipal properties • Classification of Main Street south of Brits Road as Local Brown Way to link the to public open space. As a minimum, the area below the 1:50 year flood line or 32m from Heatherdale Cemetery and the reservoir site the centre line of all streams, whichever is the greatest, must be included into the public • Extension of Emily Hobhouse Avenue northwards from President Steyn Street to open space. However, it is more advantageous to include the area below the 1:100 year Pagel Street to link with the Grey Way of the railway reserve as Local Brown Ways flood line if this is possible. • Extension of Emily Hobhouse Avenue southwards from Brits Rd to the Magaliesberg • Classification of Jopie Fourie Street as a Local Brown Way The more established Pretoria North, Dorandia and Tileba areas have a well-established • Classification of Waterbok Str between Daan De Wet Nel and Rachel de Beer Streets urban structure with small and medium-sized local public open space areas. However, to as a Local Brown Way continue the open space network it is recommended to include township establishment • Classification of Bokmakierie, Leopard and Barbara Rd in the Dorandia-Tileba area as requirements for the new developments south of the railway line in Wolmer, to include Local Brown Ways public or private open space that will link with the Grey Way of the railway line as well as • Extend Willem Cruywagen Avenue south of Rachel de Beer Street as Local Brown the Brown Way on Emily Hobhouse Avenue. A land-swap agreement with a prospective Way developer of a portion of land in the Magaliesberg south of Pretoria North, could provide an • Classification of the proposed extension of First Road eastwards from Willem opportunity to purchase a property at the termination point of Emily Hobhouse Avenue at Cruywagen Street to Daan De Wet Nel Rd as a Local Brown Way. the Magaliesberg.

Figure 14: Proposed Brown Network Area 3

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Figure 15: Proposed Brown Network (Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West”)

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4.11 Red Network

Figure 16: Red network (Tshwane Open Space Framework)

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Status Quo Assessment – Red Nodes

Accessibility The red nodes are formed by gateways through the Magaliesberg Mountains as well as important traffic intersections along the main routes in the area. These red nodes have a visual function, but are not accessible to pedestrians.

Connectivity The red nodes are connected to the open space network via brown and red ways.

Character The character at the red nodes is open and rural in the western portion of the study area. The red nodes on the R80 (Mabopane highway) are open but semi-developed. The character at the red node on the N4 is open but semi-developed. The gateways through the Magaliesberg have a natural character.

Development status / ecological status Areas adjacent to the red nodes are still undeveloped.

Public perception None

Shortcomings and limitations • Agreements must be reached between Gautrans and the City of Tshwane regarding maintenance and development along provincial roads before any improvement can be made to the red nodes

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Status Quo Assessment – Red Ways

Accessibility The red ways are easily accessible to vehicles. Some of the local roads in Heatherdale provide for bicycle movement. No provision is made for formalised pedestrian movement. The future Rainbow Junction Boulevard will also be accessible to vehicles and planning must include accessibility to pedestrians.

Connectivity The red ways provide Regional and Local connectivity or linkages. Emily Hobhouse Avenue is a local link with local connectivity.

Character The character of Doreen Ave is open to semi-built up. The character of Heinrich Rd is a mixture of commercial and residential land uses that are semi-built up. The character of Emily Hobhouse Avenue is built-up and residential out the outer edges, a section in the central part with a commercial character and the block at the Magistrates Court has a governmental character focused on pedestrians.

Development status / ecological status Doreen Ave is semi-developed, but provision is not made for formalized pedestrian movement along the road. Heinrich Rd is developed with formalized tree planting, a bicycle path and unique street lights. Emily Hobhouse Avenue is semi-developed, but provision is not made for formalized pedestrian movement along the road.

Public perception Conflict between public safety, pedestrian safety, vehicular movement and taxi stopping areas.

Shortcomings and limitations • Lack of defining streetscape elements such as trees, kerbs, pedestrian paths and litterbins • Lack of funds to implement above elements

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4.12 Findings and resolution - Red Network

Findings

Doreen Road does not function as a place-making road and it is therefore recommended to change its status to a Brown Way - Local Important Linkage as discussed under the assessment of the Brown Network in item 4.2.8 above.

Red nodes and Red ways fulfill a visual and linkage function in the Open Space Network, but do not fulfill a definite recreational function and were therefore not included into open space calculations.

Resolution

The red nodes have an opportunity to be developed into place-making spaces as development extends to the areas. In order to provide legibility and place-making elements on the N4 and R80, it is recommended that the red nodes be provided with tree planting for a distance of 100m in all directions from the interchanges. Tree planting can however only be done once agreements between Gautrans and the City of Tshwane have been reached for maintenance and management of these provincial routes.

The “Forum” building in Karen Park could be added to the red network as a Red Node (Landmark) the future re-alignment of Hornsnek Road across Rosslyn Road to align with the road to Ga-Rankua was added as a Red Node.

The Red Network of the Local Open Space Plan for Zone of Choice “West” is included in Figure 17, but enlarged and discussed in detail in Chapter 7. Figure 17: Proposed Red network Local Open Space Plan Zone of Choice “West”

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Figure 18: Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West”.

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4.13 Assimilating the Local Open Space Plan

As identified in Chapter 3, Demographics, the anticipated need for public open space within By adding the proposed brown nodes and including grey nodes into the open space the study area is 290 hectares by 2020. Such public open space would be required to network, the accessible open space will exceed the required 290 hectares identified in provide recreational and multi-function facilities. chapter 3. However, it must be noted that the blue ways will only be accessible once landowners support this Local Open Space Plan and implement the recommendations of Calculating the total existing available open space, it becomes apparent that the total open this report. It must also be noted that the brown nodes remain the central element for the space seems sufficient to cater for the expected population densities, but since most of the provision of recreational and sporting facilities in this study area. existing open space within the study area (Green Network) is inaccessible to the public, additional public open space of regional and local scale as well as regional sporting Guidelines and recommendations for the implementation are included in the Local Open facilities are required to provide for the current imbalance. Space Plan report.

As discussed in the status quo assessment for the Brown Network, item 4.9 of this report, additional brown nodes are proposed for the Local Open Space Plan.

Total available accessible and usable Open Space after implementation of the Local Open Space Plan will be as follows:

Table 8: Total open space provided in the Local Open Space Plan Typology Accessible Inaccessible Total Open Space Public Open Public Open Space Space Green Nodes 14.06 ha 2 329 ha 2 343.06 ha Green Ways 0 1 000 ha 1 000 ha Blue Nodes 4 ha 414 ha 418 ha Bon Accord 0 109 ha 109 ha Dam

Blue Ways 116 ha 301 ha 417 ha

Grey Nodes 23.45 ha 75.44 ha 98.89 ha

Existing brown 92.45 ha 97.99 ha 190.44 ha

network

Proposed Brown 275 ha 70.3 ha 345.3 ha Nodes Total open 524.96 ha 4 396.73 ha 4 921.69 ha space

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5 CREATING LEGIBILITY • Landmarks In City Form Natural Process, Kevin Lynch describes weak legibility as “Confusion, floating points, having weak boundaries, isolations, breaks in continuity, ambiguities, branching, Described as points of lack of character and differentiation”. reference. An observer does not enter such an Legibility is determined by: element; it is an external • Ordered environment serving as a broad term of reference reference such as a mountain. The following • Integrated physical setting elements can be classified • Recognizing and patterning the environment as landmarks: • Forming clear image of surroundings o Magaliesberg • Structural understanding mountain range o Pyramid hills in Elements assisting with creation of legibility (Bentley et al, Responsive Environments) Onderstepoort Nature Reserve

o Rosslyn Hills • Paths o Bon Accord Dam o “Forum” building, Described as channels of Akasia movement such as streets, walkways, railway lines and canals. These can be allocated to Brown • Edges and Red Ways Described as linear elements that are not used as paths. These could include walls, railway lines and other elements that • Nodes assist with the definition of areas Described as points or strategic spots in a city into which the observer can “move into”. Intensive • Districts foci to and from which an Described as sections of observer travels. These the city that you “move can be allocated to into” and has a definite regional Brown and Red character. Pretoria North Nodes within the study and Akasia Urban Core area areas have definite and different characters.

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Figure 19: Legibility plan

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5.1 Principles to strengthen Legibility along Brown & Red Ways 5.2.2 Determining street-specific guidelines

Using the concept of “Paths” to create legibility, the Brown and Red Way network can be Chapter 8 includes guidelines for each specific typology, including all nodes and ways, used to establish Legibility in the study area. However, the Brown and Red Ways should be which would improve legibility. classified along a hierarchy of roads to further strengthen the Legibility. 5.3 Local Open Space Plan The highways and main routes through the study area are classified as Metropolitan and

Regional Important Linkages. Local Brown Ways have been classified into First, Second By implementing the principles of legibility to the Brown Network with a hierarchy of streets and Third Order Local Important Linkages to provide a hierarchy of routes through the and assimilating the five typologies into one document, the Local Open Space Plan for the study area. Zone of Choice “West” is compiled. Refer to Figure 26 Local Open Space Plan for the Zone

of Choice “West”. Landmarks are the natural elements in the area, namely the Bon Accord Dam, the Pyramid

Hills, Rosslyn Hills and Magaliesberg Mountain range. Important nodes are interchanges on the N4 (Platinum Highway) and R80 (Mabopane Highway).

Refer to Figure 19: Legibility plan

5.2 Guidelines to establish legibility

General guidelines to establish and strengthen legibility along Brown and Red Ways would include the following: ƒ Providing pedestrian walkways in areas of pedestrian movement, ƒ Adding street kerbs to create edges to the streets ƒ Adding unifying elements such as benches and litterbins ƒ Using unifying signage where possible ƒ Choosing a unique or identifying street tree per hierarchy of road to create sense of place

However, due to the fact that the high order streets within the study area are Provincial Roads, the CoT will not be able to implement the recommendations for legibility without agreements and undertakings from both CoT and Gautrans. Streets in the Pretoria North Urban Core have been built up close to the street edge, making it impossible to add street trees at this late stage.

5.2.1 Implementing guidelines of the Tshwane Open Space Framework

The TOSF makes recommendations for the development of Open Space as well as a Road Reserve Tree strategy in Volume 3 of the Framework.

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6 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS

Table 9: Constraints Table 10: Opportunities Availability of Open Space Open space quality, Compatible adjacent land Availability of Open Space Open space quality, Compatible adjacent land within the study area accessibility and visibility uses within the study area accessibility and visibility uses

o Lack of recreational and o Open space quality o No buffer is possible o While the areas west of The o Opportunity to improve open o Adjacent land uses to public accessible public open space varies between well between the industrial areas Orchards are currently being space quality by developing open spaces are generally areas of regional scale for maintained parks to in Klerksoord and Rosslyn developed and designs, there existing undeveloped open acceptable, such as recreation and sport uses poorly maintained, and the open space areas. exits an opportunity to space residential land uses of developed to establish guidelines for varying densities. undeveloped spaces, provision of public open space canalised streams to within the developments and to natural streams. secure public open space at o Lack of availability of sports o Accessibility and visibility o this time facilities of regional scale of areas vary o Possibility to rezone develop a o Opportunity to improve small number of existing accessibility of open space o Large number of small local o Appearance of large municipal properties as public by improving legibility and parks and public open spaces areas of open space, but open space creating a linked open within Theresapark, Dorandia, for the most part the space network through the Pretoria North and reducing in areas are inaccessible to study area number westwards through the public for recreational Heatherdale, Winternest, uses. Akasia and The Orchards. o No public open space allocated o Rosslyn Hills northwest of available in Strijdfontein and Rosslyn are inaccessible Plantland areas to the public. Two are owned by CoT and one by a private family. o Threat that the area west of o Magaliesberg area is The Orchards will develop into mostly privately owned a high density residential area without the provision of adequate public open space for recreation, sport and conservation Onderstepoort nature o Reserve is state owned and inaccessible to the public

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7 GUIDELINES TO MANAGE THE LOCAL OPEN SPACE PLAN

7.1 Open Space Typologies

The open space typologies for the area have been developed in line with typologies for Elements within the Green, Blue, Grey, Brown and Red Networks were categorized and other Local Open Space Plans developed for the City of Tshwane. grouped according to typologies.

Figure 20: Open Space Typologies for the Local Open Space Plan for Zone of Choice “West”

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7.2 Proposed Green Network

Figure 21: Local Open Space Plan: Green Network

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7.2.1 Proposed Green Nodes Table 11: Proposed Green Nodes LOSP No Name / Description / Scale Sub-classification typology Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Green Node Typologies: Locality 2270 Onderstepoort Nature Metropolitan 1 - Proclaimed Nature Reserve Reserve 2271 GDACE Important site Regional 2 - Ecological Nodes: GDACE south of Onderstepoort Irreplaceable Site 2274, 2290 Area in Kaalplaas Spruit Regional 2 - Ecological Node: GDACE north of Rosslyn railway Irreplaceable Site line 2275 Area in Boepens Spruit Regional 2 - Ecological Node: GDACE north of First Ave Important Site 2276 Area south of Rosslyn Regional 2 - Ecological Node: GDACE Road Important Site 2277 GDACE Important Site Regional 2 -Ecological Node: GDACE Doornpoort Farm Important Site 2278 GDACE Important Site Regional 2 -Ecological Node: GDACE Annlin West Important Site 2273, 2279, Sensitive vegetation in Regional 2 - Ecological Node: High 2280 Sand Spruit Ecological Sensitivity 2281 Park 16 NinaparkX1, Local 2 - Ecological Node: High (Magaliesberg) South of Ecological Sensitivity Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Green Node typologies are Albatros Rd 2282 Park 885 NinaparkX27, Local 2 - Ecological Node: High discussed on pages 41 & 42. (Magaliesberg) South of Ecological Sensitivity Albatros Rd 2283 Portion 35 Witfontein Local 2 - Ecological Node: High (Magaliesberg) South of Ecological Sensitivity Albatros Rd 2284 Park 342 Ninapark, South Local 2 - Ecological Node: High

of Suurklapper Park Ecological Sensitivity

2286 Sensitive vegetation of the Local 2 - Ecological Node: High Apies River Ecological Sensitivity

2287 Sensitive vegetation of the Local 2 - Ecological Node: High Ecological Sensitivity Boepensspruit 2288 Sensitive vegetation of the Local 2 - Ecological Node: High Ecological Sensitivity Mirting Loop 2289 Sensitive vegetation west Local 2 - Ecological Node: High of the R80 and south of Ecological Sensitivity Rosslyn Rd

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Guidelines: Green Node 1 – Proclaimed Nature Reserves

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Guidelines: Green Node 2 - Ecological Nodes

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7.2.2 Proposed Green Ways

Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Green Way Typologies: Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Green Way typologies are discussed on page 44.

Table 12: Proposed Green Ways LOSP No Name / Description / Scale Sub-classification typology Locality

2292 Magaliesberg Mountain Metropolitan 1 - Ridge Systems Range

2293 Pyramid Ridge System Regional 1 - Ridge Systems in Onderstepoort Nature Reserve 2294 Rosslyn Hills Local 1 - Ridge Systems

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Guidelines: Green Way 1 – Ridge Systems

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7.3 Proposed Blue Network

Figure 22: Local Open Space Plan: Blue Network

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7.3.1 Proposed Blue Nodes Table 13: Proposed Blue Nodes LOSP No Name / Description / Scale Sub classification Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Blue Node Typologies: Locality typology

2233 Bon Accord Dam Metropolitan 1 - Dams

2234, 2235 Riparian area in Regional 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Boepens Spruit areas

2236, 2237 Riparian area in Regional 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Kaalplaas Spruit areas tributaries

2238 Riparian area in Apies Regional 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian River areas 2239 Riparian area in Mirting Regional 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Loop areas

2240 Riparian area in Sand Local 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Spruit northwest of areas Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Blue Node typologies are Rosslyn discussed on pages 47 & 48. 2241 Riparian area in Sand Local 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Spruit south of Rosslyn areas Road 2242 Riparian area in Apies Local 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian River north of Bon areas Accord Dam 2243 Riparian area in Local 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Boepensspruit in Nature areas Reserve (west of Bon Accord Dam) 2247 Riparian area in Local 2 - Wetlands/ Riparian Kaalplaas Spruit areas tributaries south of Brits Road

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Guideline: Blue Node 1 – Dams

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Guidelines: Blue Node 2 – Wetlands and riparian areas

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7.3.2 Proposed Blue Ways Table 14: Proposed Blue Ways Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Blue Way Typologies: LOSP No Name / Description / Scale Sub-classification Locality typology

2248 Apies River and tributaries Metropolitan 1 - Natural Watercourses 2249, 2250 Boepens Spruit and Regional 1 - Natural tributaries Watercourses 2251 Kaalplaas Spruit and Regional 1 - Natural tributaries Watercourses

2253, 2252 Scolopia Loop (tributary of Local 1 - Natural Boepens Spruit) Watercourses

2254 Sand Spruit and tributaries Regional 1 - Natural Watercourses 2259 Portion of the Boepens Local 2 – Modified Spruit west of R80, up to Watercourses Heinrich Rd 2260 Portion of the Boepens Local 2 – Modified Spruit within the Akasia Watercourses Golf Club property 2255 Western portion of Mirting Local 3 - Canalised Loop up to triangular area Watercourses between N4 and Rosslyn Rd 2257 Portion of Boepens Spruit Local 3 - Canalised Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Blue Way typologies are west of Heinrich Rd Watercourses discussed on pages 50-52. 2258 Kaalplaas Spruit in Regional 3 - Canalised Rosslyn between the Watercourses railway line in the south and the M20(Doreen Ave extension) in the north.

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Guidelines: Blue Way 1 – Natural Watercourses

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Guidelines: Blue Way 2 – Modified Watercourses

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Guidelines: Blue Way 3 – Existing Canalised Watercourses

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7.4 Proposed Grey Network

Figure 23: Local Open Space Plan: Grey Network

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7.4.1 Proposed Grey Nodes Table 15: Proposed Grey Nodes LOSP No Name / Description / Scale Sub-classification Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Grey Node Typologies: Locality typology 2299 Heatherdale Cemetery Regional 1- Cemeteries c/o Willem Cruywagen Ave & Brits Rd 22300 Old Pretoria North Local 1- Cemeteries Cemetery c/o Suider St & Koos de la Rey St 2295 Reservoir in Heatherdale Regional 2 - Reservoirs c/o Sixth & Main 2296 Reservoir in Beetgesberg Regional 2 - Reservoirs 279-Jr South of Amandasig 2297 Akasia West Reservoir Local 2 - Reservoirs Corner Doreen & Berg Rd 2298 Reservoir in Regional 2 - Reservoirs Hartebeesthoek 303-Jr South of Chantelle 2301 Amandasig Sub-station Regional 3- Sub station 2302 Onderstepoort Landfill Site Regional 4- Landfill site 2315 Rosslyn Landfill Site Regional 4- Landfill site (privately owned) 2303 Akasiaboom station Local 5- Railway station 2304 Rosslyn station Regional 5- Railway station 2305 Lynross station Local 5- Railway station 2306 Hornsnek station Regional 5- Railway station 2307 Pretoria North station Regional 5- Railway station 2308 Onderstepoort station Local 5- Railway station 2309 Meersig station Local 5- Railway station 2310 Bon Accord station Local 5- Railway station 2311 Wolmerton station Local 5- Railway station 2312 Winternest station Local 5- Railway station

2313 Wonderboom station Local 5-Railway station

Guidelines for the implementation and management of the typologies are discussed on pages 55-59.

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Guidelines: Grey Node 1 – Cemeteries

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Guidelines: Grey Node 2 – Reservoirs

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Guidelines: Grey Node 3 – Substations

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Guidelines: Grey Node 4 – Landfill sites

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Guidelines: Grey Node 5 – Railway Stations

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4.2 Proposed Grey Ways

Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Grey Way Typologies:

Guidelines for the implementation and management of the typologies are discussed on page 61.

Table 16: Proposed Grey Ways LOSP No Name / Description / Locality Scale Sub-classification typology

2314 Southern railway line from Regional Railway Lines Pretoria North Station via Wolmerton & Winternest Station to Rosslyn 2314 Railway line from Winternest Regional Railway Lines Station via Akasiaboom Station to Mabopane 2314 Northern railway line to Rosslyn Regional Railway Lines 2314 Railway line from Pta North Regional Railway Lines station past Bon Accord Dam

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7.5 Proposed Brown Network

Figure 24: Local Open Space Plan: Brown Network

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7.5.1 Proposed Brown Nodes Table 17: Proposed Brown Nodes LOSP Name / Description / Locality Scale Sub-classification typology Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Brown Node Typologies: Nr Existing Brown Nodes 2001 Pretoria North Urban Core Metropolitan 1 – Urban Core 2002 Akasia Urban Core Metropolitan 1 – Urban Core 2005 Van Riebeeck Park Regional 2 - Sport facilities 2007 Pretoria North Swimming Pool Regional 2 - Sport facilities 2009 Pta North Sport Regional 2 - Sport facilities 2011 Hillside Driving Range Regional 2 - Sport facilities 2019 Akasia Country Club Regional 2 - Sport facilities 2046 Akasia Squash Club Regional 2 - Sport facilities c/o Fairwood & Taylor(North) 2004 Vader Kestell Park Regional 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2008 Jopie Fourie Park Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2012 Jackson van Zyl Park Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2013 Park 102 Tileba Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Barbara & Andre 2014 Makkie park Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Barbara & Makkie 2015 Park 1192 Dorandia, Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Cilliaris & Bokmakierie 2016 Park 660 DorandiaX10, Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Between Delia Rd & Railway Line 2023 Suurklapper Park Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Willem Cruywagen & Mountain Ave 2024 Portion 11 Witfontein Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space South of Rachel de Beer & North of Kolgans Str 2026 Park 393 Karenpark (Boepenspruit) Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Between R80 & Boundary 2029 Park 142 Clarina Ext 6 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Theron Street 2032 Portion 43 Heatherdale A.H. Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space (Boepenspruit), c/o Main & First 2033 Tennisbaan Park Regional 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Dolfyn & Tsessebe 2035 Diffenbachia Park Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Between Diffenbachia & R80 2036 Park 3763 The OrchardsX17 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Wolmarans between Dulman & Cunningham 2037 Park 3762 The OrchardsX17 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Wolmarans between Cunningham & Jensen 2042 Foxcroft Park Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Foxcroft Street

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LOSP Name / Description / Locality Scale Sub-classification typology LOSP Name / Description / Locality Scale Sub-classification typology Nr Nr 2044 Trimpark Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2022 Tarentaal Park Local 4 - Local Park c/o Plantain & Pine c/o Bleshoender & Sparrow 2046 Park 2048 The OrchardsX13 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2025 Park 1380 Theresapark x15 Local 4 - Local Park c/o Doreen & N4 c/o Suricate & Lizard Str 2052 Park 1189 ChantelleX8 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2027 Park 1182 Theresapark, Local 4 - Local Park c/o Stasie & First c/o Porcupine & Squirrel 2053 Park 1185 ChantelleX8 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2028 Park 723 Theresapark Local 4 - Local Park c/o Stasie & Salie North of Leguan Rd from Hartbees Ave 2054 Kaalplaas Spruit Tributary in Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space to Waterbok ChanntelleX8 2030 Park 382 Clarina Ext 20 Local 4 - Local Park South of First c/o Theron & Luttif 2055 Portion 1781 The OrchardsX11, Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2031 Park 213 Eldorette Ext 20 Local 4 - Local Park Kaalplaas Spruit Tributary Rene Street between N4 & Joan Between N4 & First 2034 Frank Raymondo Park Local 4 - Local Park 2056 Portion 1782 The OrchardsX11, Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Heinrich & Besembos Kaalplaas Spruit Tributary 2038 Park 3761 The OrchardsX17 Local 4 - Local Park Between Stasie & N4 c/o Wolmarans & Jensen 2059 Portion 64 Rosslyn, Kaalplaas Spruit Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2039 Park 366 The OrchardsX3 Local 4 - Local Park Open Space c/o Hulton & Wolmarans Between Hendrick van Eck & Railway 2041 Park 217 The OrchardsX2 Local 4 - Local Park Line South of Foxcroft Street 2060 Portion 65 Rosslyn Kaalplaas Spruit Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2040 Park 365 The OrchardsX3 Local 4 - Local Park Open Space c/o Jensen & Doreen Between Frans du Toit & Hendrick van 2043 Park 218 The OrchardsX2 Local 4 - Local Park Eck c/o Bertram & Dorfling 2061 Portion 66 Rosslyn, Kaalplaas Spruit Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2047 Cel C Park Local 4 - Local Park Open Space Between Hoffman & Bester Between Rosslyn Rd & Frans du Toit 2048 Ebbehout Park Local 4 - Local Park 2062 Portion 134 Rosslyn, Kaalplaas Spruit Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Ebbehout & Danie Malan Open Space 2049 Park 1639 ChantelleX16 Local 4 - Local Park Between R556 & Piet Rautenbach c/c Salie & Frangipani 2063 Portion 133 Rosslyn Kaalplaas Spruit Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2050 Portion 65 Hartebeesthoek (Chantelle) Local 4 - Local Park Open Space. Between Clive & Annaboom Between Piet Rautenbach & Doreen 2051 Park 1232 ChantelleX6 Local 4 - Local Park 2006 Emily Hobhouse Park Local 4 - Local Park - Contemplative Space Asparagus Rd opposite Akker Rd 2057 Portion 4285 The OrchardsX21, Local 6 - Private Open Space 2010 Oxalis Park Local 4 - Local Park c/o Railway Rd & Stasie Ave c/o Oxalis & Soraya Str 2058 Portion 4284 The OrchardsX21, Local 6 - Private Open Space 2017 Delia Park Local 4 - Local Park West of c/o Railway & Stasie c/o Delia & Gwendolin Proposed Brown Nodes 2018 Bokser park Local 4 - Local Park 2003 Proposed Rainbow Junction Metropolitan 1 – Urban Core Bokser Street, Hesteapark Urban Core 2020 Park 727, Theresapark Local 4 - Local Park 2065 Onderstepoort Landfill Site Regional 2 - Future Sport facilities Between Waterbok & Bokmakierie & c/o N4 & Rosslyn Rd Hippo 2071 Proposed park in OrchardsX44 Regional 2 - Future Sport Facilities 2021 Park 726, Theresapark Local 4 - Local Park South-eastern corner Between Bokmakierie & Springbok & 2089 Proposed park in Orchards Local 2 - Future Sport Facilities Leopard Quarry & open space along stream

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LOSP Name / Description / Locality Scale Sub-classification typology LOSP Name / Description / Locality Scale Sub-classification typology Nr Nr 2094 Proposed park in OrchardsX45 Regional 2 - Future Sport Facilities 2103 Proposed park in RosslynX37 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Southeastern corner along stream Open space along Sand Spruit 2064 State Nature Reserve in Onderstepoort Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2104 Proposed park in RosslynX37 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Buffer surrounding river Open space along Sand Spruit 2067 Portion 102 Heatherdale AH Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2106 Portion 37 in Heatherdale AH Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space c/o Sylvia & Fourth c/o Willem Cruywagen & John 2069 Proposed park in OrchardsX44 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2100 Proposed park in Rosslyn X21-36 Local 4 - Local Park Northern open space North-western open space 2073 Proposed park in OrchardsX44 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2105 Portion 6 in Doregt AH Local 4 - Local Park South-western corner c/o First & Doreen 2074 Proposed park in OrchardsX41 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2068 Public Space around Forum Building Regional 5 - Urban Square River corridor Kamelia St 2075 Proposed park in OrchardsX41 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2070 Proposed park in OrchardsX44 Local 6 - Private Open Space River corridor Middle north-eastern open space 2076 Proposed park in OrchardsX41 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2072 Proposed park in OrchardsX44 Local 6 - Private Open Space River corridor Middle-South 2077 Proposed park in OrchardsX39 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2078 Proposed park in OrchardsX39 Local 6 - Private Open Space North-eastern corner Traffic circle 2079 Proposed park in OrchardsX40 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2080 Proposed park in OrchardsX40 Local 6 - Private Open Space River corridor Traffic circle 2084 Proposed park in AmandasigX41-46 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2081 Proposed park in OrchardsX40 Local 6 - Private Open Space Linear open space on edge Traffic circle 2085 Proposed park in AmandasigX45 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2082 Proposed park in AmandasigX39 Local 6 - Private Open Space Open space on eastern boundary Northern open space: servitude 2086 Proposed park in OrchardsX59 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2083 Proposed park in AmandasigX39 Local 6 - Private Open Space Southern open space along stream Southern open space 2087 Proposed park in OrchardsX59 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space 2099 Proposed park in RosslynX37 Local 6 - Private Open Space Central open space along stream Open space along eastern border: road 2088 Proposed park in OrchardsX59 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space servitude Northern open space along stream 2101 Proposed park in Rosslyn X21-36 Local 6 - Private Open Space 2090 Proposed park in OrchardsX60 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space North-eastern open space Southern open space along stream 2102 Proposed park in Rosslyn X21-36 Local 6 - Private Open Space 2091 Proposed park in OrchardsX60 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space South-eastern open space Open space along stream, West of Hornsnek Rd 2092 Proposed park in OrchardsX60 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space Open space along stream, East of Hornsnek Rd Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Brown Node typologies are discussed on 2093 Proposed park in OrchardsX60 Local 3 - Multifunctional recreation space pages 66 - 71. Northern open space along stream

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7.5.2 Proposed Brown Ways Table 18: Proposed Brown Ways LOSP Name / Description / Scale Sub classification Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Brown Way Typologies: Nr Locality typology 2107 N4 Platinum Highway Metropolitan 1 -Metropolitan Important Linkage

2110 R80 (PWV 9) Mabopane Metropolitan 1 -Metropolitan Important Linkage Highway 2114 Proposed PWV 7 Metropolitan 1 -Metropolitan Important Linkage

2115 Hornsnek Road Regional 2 -Regional Important Linkage

2118 Rosslyn Road Regional 2 -Regional Important Linkage

2121 Lavender Road Regional 2 -Regional Important Linkage

2122 Daan de Wet Nel Drive Local 3 -Local Important Linkage First Order 2125 Rachel de Beer/ Brits Road Local 3 -Local Important Linkage First between Hornsnek Rd & Order Daan de Wet Nel Str 2131 First Ave Local 3 -Local Important Linkage First Order 2135 Willem Cruywagen Ave Local 3 -Local Important Linkage First Order 2138 Doreen Ave Local 3 -Local Important Linkage First Order 2142 President Steyn Street Local 4 -Local Important Linkage Second Order 2128 Rachel de Beer St east of Local 4 -Local Important Linkage Second Daan de Wet Nel Dr Order 2145 Longmore Rd Local 4 -Local Important Linkage Second Order 2146 Waterbok St Local 4 -Local Important Linkage Second Order 2147 Proposed extension of Local 4 -Local Important Linkage Second Heinrich Rd north of N4 Order 2139 Doreen Ave north of R566 Local 4 -Local Important Linkage Second Order 2148 Gerrit Maritz Rd Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2149 Emily Hobhouse Ave north of Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third President Steyn St Order 2150 Emily Hobhouse St south of Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Brits Rd Order 2151 Jopie Fourie St Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2152 Bokmakierie St Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2153 John St, Heatherdale Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order

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LOSP Name / Description / Scale Sub classification Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Brown Way typologies are discussed Nr Locality typology on pages 74 - 80. 2154 Rene St, Heatherdale Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2155 Main St, Heatherdale Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2156 Barbara St Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2157 Leopard Rd Local 5 -Local Important Linkage Third Order 2158 Park 132 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between 2nd & Piet Rautenbach 2159 Park 131 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Piet Rautenbach & Railway line 2160 Park 130 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Railway line & Gaigher 2161 Park 129 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Gaigher & Railway line 2162 Park 128 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Railway line & Dodds 2163 Park 60 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Frans Du Toit & Hendrick van Eck 2164 Park 61 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Frans Du Toit &

Hendrick van Eck 2165 Park 62 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Hendrick van Eck & Railway Line 2166 Park 63 Rosslyn Local 7 - Pedestrian Linkage Between Hendrick van Eck & Railway Line

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7.6 Proposed Red Network

Figure 25: Local Open Space Plan: Red Network

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7.6.1 Proposed Red Nodes

Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Red Node Typologies: Table 19: Proposed Red Nodes LOSP Name / Description / Scale Sub classification No Locality typology 2213 Theo Martins Poort at Metropolitan 1 - Gateway Mabopane Highway (Natural) crossing 2214 Magalies Mountain / Metropolitan 1 - Gateway Hornsnek Rd crossing (Natural) 2215 Wonderboom Poort Metropolitan 1 - Gateway (Lavender Rd crossing) (Natural) 2216 Hornsnek Road intersection Regional 2 - Landmark with R513 (Arrival Space) 2217 Hornsnek Road intersection Regional 2 - Landmark with Brits Road (Arrival Space) 2218 Hornsnek Road intersection Regional 2 - Landmark with the N4 (Arrival Space) 2220 N4/Mabopane Highway Metropolitan 2 - Landmark intersection (Arrival Space) 2221 Mabopane Highway/Brits Metropolitan 2 - Landmark Road intersection (Arrival Space) 2219 The “Forum Building” Karen Regional 2 – Landmark Park x 9 (Arrival Space) 2222 Rosslyn Road/Mabopane Regional 2 - Landmark Highway intersection (Arrival Space) 2223 N4/Rosslyn Road Metropolitan 2 - Landmark intersection (Arrival Space) Guidelines for the implementation and management of the Red Node typologies are discussed 2224 Future Rosslyn Regional 2 - Landmark on pages 83 - 85. Road/Hornsnek Rd (Arrival Space) intersection 2225 Main Building, ARC Metropolitan 3 – Reception Space Onderstepoort Veterinary (Historical building) Institute

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7.6.2 Proposed Red Ways

Local Open Space Plan definitions for the Red Way Typologies:

Table 20: Proposed Red Ways LOSP Name / Description / Scale Sub classification No Locality typology

2226 Emily Hobhouse Ave Regional 1 - Boulevards between President Steyn St & Brits Rd 2227 Heinrich Rd between Regional 1 - Boulevards First Ave & Rachel de Beer St 2228 First Ave between Regional 1 - Boulevards Doreen Ave & R80 2229 Future Regional 1 - Boulevards Rainbow Junction Boulevard

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8 IMPLEMENTING THE LOCAL OPEN SPACE PLAN • Mechanisms, such as Fair/Trade Exchange Agreements, Open Space Service 8.1 Open Space Alienation Strategy Agreements and the establishment of a Section 21 Company for the Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment. The Tshwane Open Space Framework (TOSF) (Volume 3), Section 3.1 addresses the alienation of Open Space owned by the City of Tshwane for public open space purposes or The strategy is discussed in detail in Section 3.2 of Volume 3 of the Tshwane Open Space utilised for open space, recreational, sport and recreation or conservation uses. Framework.

This study determined that large areas of open space in the study area are inaccessible to 8.3 Open Space Safety Strategy the public. In addition, the anticipated increase in population density in the study area determines that a substantial amount of additional public open space and particularly The Tshwane Open Space Framework (Volume 3), Section 3.3 discusses a Safety Strategy regional sized multi-functional recreation and sporting facilities would be required to provide for the Open Spaces within the City. The aim of the Strategy is to provide perspective on sufficient amenities for the anticipated population in the area. safety within open spaces and provides guidelines for the design of open spaces.

Therefore, this study recommends that no existing open space within the Zone of Choice General principles that should be applied include: “West” should be alienated. This study further recommends the following actions: • Open Space should be visible from adjacent developments for surveillance purposes • Change of zoning of existing vacant land owned by the City of Tshwane, to public • Open space areas should be provided with street frontage of at least two streets open space to increase the total area available for Public Open Space. • Only service and delivery areas should be screened off from open space areas, but • Ensuring sufficient public and private open space are allowed for within new perimeter fences should as a minimum provide for 50% transparency. developments. • Implementing an end-use plan for the Onderstepoort Landfill Site to provide for long- The strategy is discussed in detail in Section 3.3 of Volume 3 of the Tshwane Open Space term use as regional sporting facilities Framework. • Identifying additional private properties that should be purchased with open space contributions from new developments 8.4 Open Space Development Strategy

8.2 Alternative Service Delivery Strategy The Tshwane Open Space Framework (Volume 3), Section 3.4 discusses a Development Strategy for the Open Spaces within the City. The purpose of the strategy is to provide The Tshwane Open Space Framework (TOSF) (Volume 3), Section 3.2 addresses the development guidelines on all Open Space aspects within new development initiatives as available alternative service delivery partnerships and mechanisms, given financial well as within CoT development initiatives, to ensure the realization of the TOSF. resource constraints, which can be implemented to ensure the realization of the Tshwane Open Space Network. The strategy not only relates to publicly owned Open Space but also The open space development approach and guidelines, as well as open space privately owned Open Space resources. provisioning, quality and impact are discussed in detail in Section 3.4 of Volume 3 of the Tshwane Open Space Framework. There are potential alternative service delivery options that could be applied to the public open space in the Zone of Choice “West”: • Partnerships, such as Lease-agreement/Concession areas or Conservation Easements,

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8.5 Road Reserve Tree Strategy Tree size Species Comments

The Tshwane Open Space Framework (Volume 3), Section 3.5 makes specific reference to Combretum molle Germination poor the Tshwane urban Forestry’s Tree Planting Policy, for the planting of trees in road Combretum erythrophyllum reserves. Erythrina lysistemon Faurea saligna Cultivation to be investigated The Tshwane Open Space Framework (Volume 3) Section 3.5 also refers to the Policy on Landscaping in the Public Road Reserve. Harpephyllum caffrum Kigelaria africana 8.5.1 Street tree palette for Zone of Choice “West” Kirkia wilmsii

Mimusops zeyheri Slow grower, seed supply to be The Tshwane Open Space Framework (Volume 3), Section 3.5 makes recommendations investigated for indigenous tree species for specific areas with the municipal area. Tree species are Olea europea classified into small trees, medium trees and large trees. For the area north of the Magalies mountains with mixed bushveld vegetation, where the Zone of Choice “West” is situated, Peltophorum africanum the following palette is recommended: Pterocarpus rotundifolius Slow grower, seed supply to be investigated Table 21: CoT recommended tree palette Schotia brachypetala Ziziphus mucronata Tree size Species Comments Large trees (12-20m tall) Small trees (5-7m tall) Acacia galpinii Heteropyxis natalensis Seed supply to be Acacia versicolor Investigate seed supply investigated Acacia sieberiana Dombeya rotundifolia Acacia xanthoploea Faurea speciosa Cultivation to be investigated Albizia adianthofolia Tends to be soft, struggles with cold, seed Pappea capense Seed supply to be supply to be investigated investigated Afzelia quanzensis Tends to be soft, seed supply to be Rhus chirendensis Could have an erratic investigated growth Diospyros mespiliformis Slow grower Rhus pyroides Erythrina latissima Investigate seed supply Rhus leptodyctia Zanthoxylum capense Cultivation to be investigated Out of this list of recommended trees, appropriate trees for the Brown and Red ways within Medium trees (7-12m tall) the Zone of Choice West were selected.

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a Red Ways Typology Street name Tree species Local Important Linkage President Steyn Str Existing: Jacaranda mimosifolia Table 15: Recommended street tree palette for Red Ways Second Order Typology Street name Tree species Rachel de Beer east of Existing: Jacaranda mimosifolia Boulevard Emily Hobhouse Ave Existing: Jacaranda mimosifolia Daan de Wet Nel Rd Longmore Rd Erythrina lysistemon Boulevard Heinrich Rd Existing median island: Waterbok Str Combretum erythrophyllum Acacia sieberiana Proposed extension of Combretum erythrophyllum Existing road verges: Heinrich Rd north of N4 Harpephyllum caffrum Doreen Ave north of R556 Combretum erythrophyllum Boulevard First Avenue Existing: Acacia xanthophloea New streets in The Erythrina lysistemon Orchards b Brown Ways Local Important Linkage Gerrit Maritz Str Existing: Jacaranda mimosifolia Third Order Emily Hobhouse Ave north Existing: Jacaranda mimosifolia Table 16: Recommended street tree palette for Brown Ways of President Steyn Str Typology Street name Tree species Emily Hobhouse Ave Existing: Jacaranda mimosifolia Metropolitan Important R80 Mabopane Highway south of Brits Rd Jopie Fourie Str Celtis africana Linkage N4 Platinum Highway Bokmakierie Str Harpephyllum caffrum Proposed PWV 7 Willem Cruywagen Str Harpephyllum caffrum Regional Important Hornsnek Rd Acacia galpinii south of Rachel de Beer Linkage Rosslyn Rd (R556) Acacia galpinii Str Lavender Rd (R513) Acacia galpinii John Str, Heatherdale Dombeya rotundifolia Rene Str, Heatherdale Dombeya rotundifolia Local Important Linkage Rachel de Beer Str Erythrina lysistemon on verges Main Rd, Heatherdale Dombeya rotundifolia First Order West of Doreen Ave Local Important Linkage Barbara Rd Rhus leptodictya Ekebergia capensis Forth Order Leopard Rd Rhus leptodictya Between Doreen Ave and and Daan de Wet Nel Rd Acacia xanthophloea in median Rhus lancea on verges Daan de Wet Nel Str Conitue with Acacia xanthophloea First Ave Acacia galpinii or continue with Between Longmore and existing trees Doreen Ave Between R80 and Daan de Wet Nel Rd Willem Cruywagen Rd Continue with existing Combretum north of Brits Rd erythrophyllum Doreen Ave Acacia galpinii New streets in The Acacia galpinii Orchards

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8.6 Strategic Interventions and Phasing

The following recommendations are made for the implementation of the Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West”:

8.6.1 Green network

Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

• A Section 21 company must be established with the land Short term – establish a Friends Group for the CoT Nature Conservation Section and owners within the MPNE area, to compile a management plan MPNE area. Friends Groups for the conservation area. Medium term – establish a Section 21 Co with management guidelines.

• The proposed hiking trail in the Magaliesberg Mountains south Medium to long term process CoT, Nature Conservation Section, CoT Open of Akasia that was developed in 1991, could be implemented Space Management Section and Friends once a Section 21 company has been established. Groups • • Conservation easements should be considered for private Medium term – establish a Section 21 Co with CoT Nature Conservation Section and properties located in Green Ways, particularly the MPNE area. management guidelines. Friends Groups

• The area between the Akasia Conservation Line and the Immediate and continued implementation to all CoT Open Space Management Section MPNE line will be considered for low-key development in development applications. consultation with CoT Open Space Management and with applicable Environmental assessments. Green Ways Green Ways • A working agreement must be drafted with the services Short term – determine a working agreement CoT Nature Conservation Section and CoT departments for public access to reservoir sites managed by between CoT departments. Water & Sanitation the City of Tshwane. • Should private interest show that a youth camp could be Medium term – obtain public/private partnerships established and managed within a reservoir site, the for development of youth camps. appropriate lease agreements should be drawn up with input from CoT Open Space Management and CoT Conservation in conjunction with the City’s service departments.

• The CoT should actively engage with the Veterinary Sciences Medium to long term process CoT Nature Conservation Section and Faculty Faculty of UP to assist with undertakings to manage the of Veterinary Sciences, UP. Onderstepoort Nature Reserve.

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Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

• All development applications falling within the green ecological Immediate implementation to all new CoT Open Space Management Section, CoT nodes must undertake ecological assessments to determine development applications. City Planning and Regional Services, private the status of the vegetation and fauna in the area. All sensitive developers and as far as possible, pristine areas must be excluded from the development. • Environmental Management Plans must be compiled for Short term – establish a Friends Group for the CoT Nature Conservation Section and protected areas identified in the Local Open Space Plan. MPNE area. Friends Groups with input from CoT Open

Green Nodes Green Nodes However, the Onderstepoort Nature Reserve is state-owned Space Management and does not fall under the jurisdiction of the City of Tshwane. Medium term – establish a Section 21 Co with A section 21 company must first be established for the MPNE management guidelines. area before a management plan can be drafted.

8.6.2 Blue network

Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

• In accordance with City of Tshwane policy, the 1:50 year flood Ongoing requirement of new development Private developers, CoT Parks, Horticultural & line or 32m from the centre line of the stream, which ever is the applications Cemetery Services Provision Management greatest, shall be used as the minimum flood plain area that Section, CoT Nature Conservation Section, should be excluded from development. (Refer to Annexure C: CoT City Planning and Regional Services River rehabilitation plan) • New developments must determine the 1:100 year flood line Ongoing requirement of new development Private developers, CoT Open Space and indicate this line on all plans and documentation. applications Management, CoT City Planning and Regional Recommendations have been made for possible activities Services between the 1:100 and 1:50 year flood lines. (Refer to Annexure C: River rehabilitation plan)

Blue Ways • All areas below the 1:50 year flood line or 32m from the centre Ongoing requirement of new development Private developers, CoT Open Space of a stream (whichever is the greatest) must be zoned as applications Management, CoT City Planning and Regional public open space and managed in accordance with the Services guidelines as set out in this Local Open Space Plan. • Management cells/zones must be established with landowners Short to medium-term implementation CoT Nature Conservation Section, CoT Open along streams in the study area to implement management Space Management Section and private land strategies and improve access, public utilization, safety and owners. surveillance along streams.

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8.6.3 Grey network

Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

Grey Ways • When the railway network in the area is fully operational again, Short to medium term – agreements and CoT and Spoornet the railway stations within the area shall be upgraded and partnerships to be established between managed in accordance with the management guidelines in Spoornet and CoT. this report. Grey nodes • Refer to the section on the green network for Short term – determine a working agreement CoT Nature Conservation Section and CoT recommendations to establish a management plan for the between CoT departments. Water & Sanitation reservoir sites. Medium term – obtain public/private partnerships for development of youth camps.

8.6.4 Brown network

Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

• Discussions between the City of Tshwane and Gautrans are Short to medium term – agreements and CoT Agriculture and Environmental recommended to establish a working agreement regarding partnerships to be established between Management Department and Gautrans maintenance and planting of street trees along provincial roads Gautrans and CoT. and highways. Long term – trees to be planted.

• Implementation of the guidelines for the Local Important First Phase – implement guidelines along First CoT Parks, Horticultural & Cemetery Services Linkages shall be undertaken in accordance with the hierarchy Order Local Important Linkages Provision Management Section and CoT

Brown Ways of the streets, thus First Order Local Important Linkages Second Phase – implement guidelines along Roads and Stormwater Division. should receive first priority for development and upgrading. Second Order Local Important Linkages and Urban Core Streets Third Phase – implement guidelines along third order Local Important Linkages

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Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

• It is recommended that the City of Tshwane formalize the Short term – action can be undertaken within a CoT City Planning and Regional Services zoning of municipal properties as identified in this study to relatively short time-frame and will ensure public public open space as part of the implementation of this Local open space is secured. Open Space Plan. • Existing public open space areas shall be developed in Time frames are dependent on budget CoT Parks, Horticultural & Cemetery Services consultation with the residents of the area to determine allocations. Priorities to be determined with Provision Management Section specific needs for each park, whether multi-functional assistance from the local community and ward recreation, children’s play parks of sport facilities. councilors.

• Regional multi-functional recreation spaces shall be developed Medium to long term in accordance with budget CoT Open Space Management, CoT Parks, in accordance with community needs and with coordination allocations. Horticultural & Cemetery Services Provision between the city’s planning departments. Management, CoT Nature Conservation and CoT Sport and Recreation Sections. • The City may engage in site-specific undertakings with private Ongoing with new development applications Private developers, CoT City Planning and developers to implement the consolidation of smaller Regional Services, CoT Open Space developments into larger developments, with adequate Management. provision of public and private open space, but with higher

Brown Nodes Brown Nodes densities or more development rights, provided all the City’s development requirements are met. • The City may accept private land as identified in the LOSP for Ongoing with new development applications Private developers, CoT City Planning and public open space from a private developer purchased by this Regional Services, CoT Open Space developer and offer to the City in lieu of bulk open space Management. contributions on a specific development. • The City may consider supporting higher density Ongoing with new development applications Private developers, CoT City Planning and developments adjacent to public open space areas, provided Regional Services, CoT Open Space that adequate public open space is provided within the new Management. high density development. • The City may consider a trade-off with new developments that undeveloped public open space areas near a new development, would be developed by the applicant in lieu of payment of open space contributions. • It is recommended that the City undertake an executive Short to medium term - with adoption of CoT City Planning and Regional Services and decision regarding the separation of bulk contributions for Tshwane Town Planning Scheme, a motivation CoT Open Space Management. recreation areas in order to ring fence and facilitate the should be submitted to the Executive Committee Brown Space

Nodes – allocation and spending of such funds within the area where for adoption. Public Open contributions are received.

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Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

o All new developments within the area shall allocate Ongoing with new development applications. Private developers, CoT City Planning and private open space within each development, in Regional Services, CoT Open Space accordance with the Town Planning Ordinance and the Management. Open Brown Space Private

Nodes – Tshwane Town Planning Scheme.

8.6.5 Red network

Typology Strategy Phasing Responsibility

• The red ways that are classified in this Local Open Space Plan Phasing will be dependent on budget allocations CoT Parks, Horticultural & Cemetery Services shall be developed following the guidelines in this report. Provision Management Section and CoT Roads and Stormwater Division • Development priority shall be given to the section of First Short to medium term depending on budget CoT Parks, Horticultural & Cemetery Services

Red Ways Avenue and Emily Hobhouse Ave before additional work is allocations Provision Management Section and CoT undertaken on Heinrich Rd. Roads and Stormwater Division • Red nodes shall only be developed once agreements with Medium to long term CoT Agriculture and Environmental Gautrans have been reached regarding maintenance and tree Management Department and Gautrans planting. • Priorities for development of red nodes shall be driven by Medium to long term CoT Agriculture and Environmental Red Nodes development in the area. Management Department and Gautrans

8.6.6 Tshwane Open Space Framework

The Tshwane Open Space framework must be updated with changes to existing typologies and attributes determined in the Local Open Space Plan for the Zone of Choice “West”. The following changes must be made to the TOSF: • Amend description of the Red Way on Emily Hobhouse Street • Amend Doreen Road from Red Way to Brown Way: Local Important Linkage – First Order • Add additional Grey Nodes of the Onderstepoort and Rosslyn land fill sites, Amandasig sub station, reservoirs and railway stations. • Amend the scale of specific attributes from metropolitan to regional or regional to local as indicated in the LOSP.

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ANNEXURE A

BACKGROUND STUDIES

1 Environmental Management Framework “Zone of Choice”

Aim Implications for Local Open Space Plan To develop an Environmental Management Framework (EMF) that will integrate Natural features within the Zone of Choice include ridges, streams, dams and municipal and provincial decision-making and align different government mandates to ecologically sensitive areas can play a significant structuring role in an Open Space put the Zone of Choice on a sustainable development path. Objectives of the EMF: Network/System for the area. • The provision of strategic guidance in the ZOC EMF area. • Assisting in the identification of “identified geographical areas” in terms of NEMA. • Assisting in the identification of “specified activities” within “identified geographical areas” in terms of NEMA. • The provision of a decision support system in respect to environmental attributes, issues and priorities in the ZOC EMF area.

Planning considerations for Open Space areas The EMF indicate that there is sufficient vacant land within the area that is not sensitive, to allow densification and development, without conflict between development and conservation aims. Environmental strategies include: • Protection of high quality natural vegetation and hydrological systems and features • Management of urban development

• Development and densification according to relative sensitivity of land • Protection of sensitive environmental features on large properties • Protection of sensitive environmental features on and surrounded by small properties • A potential threat of pollution of the natural features by sewage effluent and air pollution must be managed.

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2 Development Framework for the Loretta, Heatherdale, Winternest Agricultural Holdings

Aim • Manage public open spaces, the Boepenspruit and the Magaliesberg, by This study was commissioned as a pro-active preparation for the development of the area implementing a management plan to protect, monitor and utilise the area, and to provide guidance for development processes as they unfold. • Implement strict rules and regulations to protect the Boepens Spruit when Objectives: development is planned nearby • To compile a detailed spatial development framework for the Eldorette, Heatherdale, • Maintain and extend landscaping of the open space system especially street trees. Winternest Agricultural Holdings area and its interface with adjoining areas, • Ring fence the Parks Contributions paid by developers in the area, and ensure that • To compile development guidelines for future development in the area, these funds are utilised towards the development of the open space and pedestrian • To define the planning requirements and standards of services necessary for route around the Boepenspruit. development in the area. • Incorporate environmental considerations in the planning and management of the urban environment. Implications for Local Open Space Plan Trends towards residential development, subdivisions of agricultural holdings into smaller properties of 1ha in extent, legal and illegal light industrial and commercial activities are becoming apparent. Retail, home office and light industrial/commercial uses are mainly concentrated around Daan de Wet Nel Drive, First Avenue and Brits Road which are the most prominent routes running through the area. Areas of high activity identified; Maintain and enhance the attractiveness and “Genius Loci”/Sense of Place of the area; Environmental goals: • Consolidate and improve the environmental quality of the built environment, • Improve the visual quality of all public spaces, including street space,, • Protect Public Open Space from urban decay,

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3 Pretoria North CBD Spatial Development Framework

Implications for Local Open Space Plan • The street block west of the Magistrate’s Court must be transformed into a pedestrian The following development proposals are recommended for the Pretoria North Urban friendly crossing, but still allowing traffic through. Core: • Public amenities must be developed in both the Pretoria North Station precinct and • Strict planning controls on rezoning / business applications must be applied Gerrit Martiz Street; according to the guidelines in the SDF; • Undeveloped blocks of land in the CBD must be purchased and develop into open • Interconnect the Pretoria North Urban Core and Rainbow Junction via Gerrit Maritz parking lots with adequate public amenities. Street. • Residential densities policy should be relaxed to allow 40 to 80 units per hectare • Connection between Rainbow Junction development, the Pretoria North Station and densities on merit basis and in specific areas. the Pretoria North Urban Core for easy pedestrian access. Landscaping and • Allow proposals from Dept. Housing and/or private developers for the upgrading of placement of street furniture within the main pedestrian area to provide connectivity. vacant office blocks in Gerrit Martiz Street to a variety of accommodation, • Redevelopment of the Pretoria North Station by allowing specific access and land- • Allow home-offices, day-time restaurants, cafés and tea gardens in the blocks use. This Station should become an internodal passenger exchange allowing busses, bordered by Eeufees, Stasie, Danie Theron and Gerrit Maritz Streets. taxis and trains to convene in one space. • Strict development controls should be enforced to retain the low-key development • Better access to Gerrit Maritz Street is needed to draw people into the Pretoria North and residential feeling; Urban Core; • A detailed landscape plan for Emily Hobhouse Avenue must be prepared, with the • Wonderboom Station should be scaled down. A pedestrian bridge is recommended Emily Hobhouse Park as the northern focal area. to cross Rachel de Beer Street at the Koos de la Rey intersection; • Emily Hobhouse Avenue between the two parks should be treated as a shared street • Landscaped streets and blocks in specifically Rachel de Beer and Gerrit Martiz with deliberate landscaping allowing for pedestrian movement and slow vehicle streets and the street block between the two streets. passage; • The Magistrates Court precinct to be developed in an open park style with free • Closure or partial closure of West, Jack Hindon, Eeufees, Danie Theron, Genl. movement between buildings; Beyers and Koos De La Rey Streets with specific two-erf access and left-in-left out for these erven to the south out of Rachel de Beer. The intention is to create a more defined neighbourhood in the area south of Rachel de Beer Street;

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• Focus specific motor trade related service industries such as tyres / batteries / small workshops to President Steyn Street and motor related show rooms in Rachel de Beer Street; • Allow Ben Viljoen and Jan van Riebeeck Streets from Gerrit Martiz to President Steyn Streets higher order in the street hierarchy, focusing traffic there rather than through adjacent streets; • No other home-office / business related rezonings outside the areas as mentioned above is allowed.

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4 Tshwane’s City Strategy

One of the City’s main goals is to develop the areas in the North. In response, the “Zone • proposed realignment of the urban edge to better accommodate the Zone of Choice; of Choice” has been defined as a focus area for strategic investment. • densification and compaction of the residential component in the area; and The strategic focus areas include: • the integration of agriculture into the urban land use fabric where appropriate. • The proposed Rainbow Junction comprising of various sport facilities and ancillary uses i.e. residential, retail, hotel, conference etc; • the Wonderboom airport, the upgrade or possible relocation thereof as a potential international / regional airport, or the possible development of an additional freight airport; • the maintenance and further enhancement of the Rosslyn Automotive Manufacturing Cluster • the integration of the Magaliesberg, norite hills, Apies River and other areas of natural beauty and ecological significance; • unlocking the development potential of the area around the Bon Accord dam; • the strengthening of the existing urban cores at the Kolonnade, Pretoria North/Rainbow Junction and Akasia; • the establishment of distinct activity corridors as extension between the urban cores; • emphasising the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute as a world class research facility; • the strengthening and optimisation of the transport corridors, including the Platinum corridor in the area; • the creation of better access to the south of the area and in particular to the provincial road network;

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5 Akasia Metropolitan Core Development Strategy

Aim Based on the metropolitan objectives, development context and market profile, the following objectives specifically for the Akasia Development Strategy, were developed: • Stimulate appropriate development and growth in the study area by providing development opportunities on land owned by the City of Tshwane and facilitating development on such land • Create sensible development opportunities that may strengthen the node by facilitating increased residential densities and office development i • Shopping Centre to add momentum to development • Use the urban design elements in the Akasia Strategic Planning to establish a good quality environment • Create new opportunities such as extensions to the shopping centre to stimulate increased residential densities in close proximity to the retail and office development • Address needs for specific land uses within the study area • Create an urban structure that can respond to change • Improve access to and visibility of the study area by proposing linkages and increased visibility from the Platinum highway

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6 Apies River Urban Design Framework

The aim of the Urban Design Framework is to provide solutions for the physical upgrading a Wonderboom poort of the Apies River as part of an open space network and mechanisms for the effective ƒ The poort should act as a symbolic gateway towards the city centre, on a management of development adjacent to the river. The character of the river ranges from ƒ monumental scale; highly natural to highly urban. Four character categories have been identified: ƒ Development should be managed strictly as an urban gateway; o Category 1: Natural refers to an area where the natural ecology is dominant. ƒ A catchment for chemical spillage should be implemented under the bridge; o Category 2: Cultivated refers to an area where nature is put to use with activities ƒ Pedestrian access to the river must be improved; taking place in symbioses with nature. ƒ The prominent topography must be protected as a natural feature; o Category 3: Suburban refers to an area where nature is organised and discernible ƒ The waterfall should be retained as a highly visual water element. as a green strip running through a low to medium density built-up area. o Category 4: Urban refers to an area where the urban ecology is dominant, with nature being purely decorative and the river being a water feature within an intense urban environment where a concentration of activities and buildings occur.

Four of the precincts along the river fall within the study area of the Zone of Choice “West”, namely: o Wonderboom poort, o Annlin, o Onderstepoort, o Bon Accord.

Recommendations made for each of the four precincts which influence the LOSP for the Zone of Choice “West”, can be summarised as follows:

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b Annlin c Onderstepoort ƒ Annlin should function as a precinct for mixed use development, relying on ƒ Onderstepoort should act as a precinct with a strong ecological focus to the visibility and access; north of the city; ƒ Establish a well-designed precinct between Annlin and Onderstepoort precincts; ƒ Illegal fill should be removed and disturbed embankments should be ƒ Allow development of the area adjacent to the Apies River, with direct interface rehabilitated with the involvement of land owners; with and links to the river; ƒ Development should be concentrated along Lavender Road and Soshanguve ƒ Clean up and control illegal dumping and rehabilitate the disturbed Drive; embankment; ƒ The ecology of the northern part of the precinct should be rehabilitated and ƒ A litter trap should be implemented towards the down-stream end of the preserved as part of the Bon Accord Delta. precinct; ƒ Ensure a minimum impact of the K14 on the river for the construction and operation of the new bridge.

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d Bon Accord ƒ Bon Accord should act as a natural node with a limited recreational and entertainment function; ƒ Access to the dam should be improved; ƒ The southern inflow area should be rehabilitated and the delta should be preserved as sensitive wetland ecology; ƒ Development should be concentrated along Lavender Road and Soshanguve Drive;

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ANNEXURE B

RIVER REHABILITATION PLAN

RIVERINE RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

1 Development, management and maintenance of the flood plain area 1.2 Adjacent Land Uses and Development Response

1.1 Area between 1:50 and 1:100 year flood lines 1 The 1:50 year flood line or 32m buffer on both sides of all steams, measured from the centre line, should be protected and zoned as public open space and 1 The area between 1:50 and 1:100 year flood lines should ideally be developed developed as parks (preferably 1:100 year flood line where possible) as park, recreation or open space areas 2 No canalisation, transformation through artificial linings or exotic cultivation of 2 The amendment of the 1:50 year flood line by infilling, will not be supported watercourses shall be supported 3 No dumping shall be allowed 3 No infill within the 1:100 year flood plain, resulting in the modification of existing 4 No parking areas or structures should be planned in this area flood lines shall be supported. 5 No service or waste yard should be planned in this area 4 No level changes shall be supported between the flood plains and adjacent 6 No kikuyu lawn should be planted in this area, but veldgrass or Cynodon lawn developments shall be allowed. 5 Where a new development contains a watercourse on the property, the design 7 Formally paved pathways shall separate manicured areas from natural areas must include such watercourse as an integral part of the development 8 Lawn grass (kikuyu) and ground covers from adjacent residential developments 6 Properties to be set back beyond the 32m buffer or above the 1:50 year flood or parks should not be allowed to extend into the area below the 1:50 year flood lines, whichever is greatest line. 7 Adjacent land use may include residential and retail development, recreational 9 If additional trees are planned for the area above the 1:50 year flood line, the facilities, schools and sports fields etc following species may be considered: 8 Light industries shall be allowed where indicated in the RDSF of the area Scientific name Common name 9 No filling stations shall be supported 10 Cellular phone masts shall be considered on merit only Trees: Acacia karroo Sweet Thorn 11 Pedestrian access to streams should be provided, and a continuous public Combretum erythrophyllum Riverbushwillow movement through these blue ways should be ensured on designated pathways Leucosidea sericea Ouhout 12 Where possible, the public open space / flood plain should be edged by roads Rhamnus prinoides Dogwood provided with pedestrian pathways Salix mucronata Wild Willow

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13 No solid fences on periphery of rivers/streams, or along street edging or crossing the steams (a minimum of 50% transparency shall be provided) 14 Fences of erven on the periphery of the public open space should be steel palisade fences (Plascon Olive branch green) or other transparent fencing, for visual links and surveillance 15 Fences to allow for movement of small mammals etc through 16 Stormwater management and design of adjacent properties to be approved by CoT Roads & Stormwater Division and CoT Open Space Management Section 17 Stormwater management plans shall be environmentally appropriate in design, to minimise erosion, siltation etc. Sufficient detail design shall be provided in the submitted stormwater management plan 18 Appropriate energy dissipation shall be provided at al stormwater outlets, located above 1:50 year flood lines and positioned at a 45 degree angle to stream channel 19 Only free spanning bridges spanning the 1:50 year flood line shall be supported 20 Services infrastructure shall not be visible above the ground

21 Manhole covers and other elements for services infrastructure shall be designed

to blend into the landscape Diagramme illustrating requirements and guidelines for development within flood plains 22 Green terramesh for erosion protection where required designed by a hydrologist

or civil engineer

23 Adjacent properties shall have views out onto the floodplain areas and be visually integrated with the flood plains

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1.3 Continued, post-development maintenance Objectives • To rehabilitate areas disturbed by recent construction work Seeds of invasive plants are carried on water and by birds and will be deposited along • To rehabilitate erosion within the flood plain that has occurred over time the banks of the streams from time to time, regular monthly checks must be conducted • To remove alien invasive plant species growing in the floodplain to respond to any new seedlings in a timely manner. • To avoid altering the stream or influencing the current flood lines during restoration work – no infilling shall be allowed in the flood plain Once the flood plain area has been rehabilitated, the following regular management • No canalisation of the streams will be supported actions must be undertaken: • To design a stormwater system with sufficient energy dissipation structures and 1 Regular monthly site investigations must be undertaken to assess the outlets to spread water out over the flood plain (stormwater may not be following: concentrated at one or two outlets only) o Recurrence of erosion • Various habitat zones should be delineated and suitable plant species for o Re-growth of invasive exotic trees rehabilitation of these zones should be identified with specialist input. Germination of new invasive plants o • A gradual transition from riparian vegetation to wet grassland to grassland should Status of the vegetative cover on the embankment above the flood plain o be established as part of the rehabilitation work 2 Remedial action must be implemented immediately to prevent extensive • Wetland filtration areas shall be re-established between residential areas and the damage. Remedial action shall follow the rehabilitation guidelines above. riparian areas

• Reinstatement of large woody debris, important for rehabilitation of streams and 2 Restoration of the flood plain and riparian vegetation corridors (Large woody debris may enter a stream channel as a result wind blowing down branches or trees). Goals: • Litter and/or silt traps, culverts etc shall be checked regularly and cleaned as • To protect the riparian vegetation within the flood plain of the streams in the study required area • To rehabilitate disturbed riparian vegetation within the flood plain of the streams in the study area • Rehabilitation is aimed at improving the status and function of the ecosystem and does not include the reconstruction of the original plant community.

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Recommended actions: 10 The localised areas where invasive trees were removed shall be levelled and 1 Submit a detailed rehabilitation plan to CoT Open Space Management Section stabilized by compaction. for review and approval prior to commencement of construction 11 Re-vegetation of the entire area as follows: 2 The limit of the area requiring rehabilitation shall be determined and the o Stabilising of steep areas with geotextile to prevent erosion while grasses vegetation outside of this area shall not be disturbed. establish 3 All foreign material (including dumped rubble and litter) should be removed from o Re-establishing indigenous hydrophytic grass clumps and sedges; the surface, leaving cleared soil 4 No indigenous trees may be removed Scientific name Common name 5 No existing boulders within the riparian area may be moved at any cost Shrubs, sedges and bulbs: 6 Earthworks may not influence the contours to alter the 1:100 or 1:50 year flood Berula erecta plains Cyperus spp. 7 Large woody debris should be reintroduced into stream channels. Gomphostigma virgatum Otterbossie 8 Stabilising of eroded areas with engineering input to determine the need for Juncus effuses Rush green terramesh, “reno-matresses”, gabions or other suitable material to prevent Juncus kraussii renewed erosion Melianthus major 9 Removal of all invasive exotic plant species following accepted eradication Typha capensis Bulrush Wachendorfia thyrsiflora Bloodroot practices and biodegradable herbicides (if required) including: Grasses: o Eucalyptus spp, Acroceras macrum Nile grass o Jacaranda mimosiolia, Cynodon dactylon Couch grass o Melia azedarach, Digitaria eriantha Finger grass o Morus alba, Eragrostis curvula Weeping love grass o Salix babylonica, Eragrostis teff Imperata cylindrical o Populus alba, Leersia hexandra Wild ricegrass Sesbania punicea, o Panicum maximum Guinea grass o Acacia mearnsii, Setaria sphacelata var sphacelata o Kikuyu, o Solanum mauritianum and o Arundo donax.

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o The disturbed areas must be loosened to a depth of 50mm o 30mm Mulch should be spread over the topsoil and worked in to a depth of 50mm o Hydroseeding of the area with an accepted indigenous veldgrass mix, including the species specified below:

Scientific name Common name

Grasses:

Cynodon dactylon Couch grass Digitaria eriantha Finger grass Eragrostis curvula Weeping love grass Eragrostis teff Imperata cylindrica Cottonwool grass Panicum maximum Guinea grass

o Watering with a temporary irrigation system during and after germination for a minimum period of three months o Inspection of rehabilitation works by CoT Open Space Management Section during implementation, at completion and after three month’s establishment. o Re-seeding where germination is not acceptable (minimum coverage of 75%) and continued maintenance of these areas 12 The rehabilitation must be undertaken under supervision of a qualified ecologist or landscape architect and all engineering elements should be refined by a landscape architect to ensure a natural end-product. 13 Final approval by CoT Open Space Management Section is required after completion, for the issuing of occupational certificates.

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ANNEXURE C

FURNITURE PALETTES

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CoT Generic furniture palette, Conservation areas 5

CoT Generic furniture palette, Fencing for conservation areas 6

CoT Generic furniture palette, Parks 7

CoT Generic furniture palette, Swimming Pools 8

CoT Generic furniture palette, Cemeteries

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