Klerksdorp Land Use Management Scheme, 2005
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This production or any part thereof may not be reproduced for any purpose whatsoever without the written authority of Maxim Planning Solutions KLERKSDORP LAND USE MANAGEMENT SCHEME, 2005 INDEX PART 1: DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 5 1. Definitions 5 PART 2: USE ZONES 29 2. Control of Use of Land 29 3. Erection & Use of Buildings and Use of Land 29 4. Protection of Existing Buildings 30 5. Buildings for Multiple Use 30 6. Structures which may be erected in any Use Zone 31 7. Uses not Prohibited 31 PART 3: DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS 32 8. Lines of No Access 32 9. Building Lines and Building Restriction Areas 32 10. Density 33 11. Coverage of Buildings 35 12. Height of Buildings 36 13. Parking 36 14. Loading Facilities 38 15. Site Development Plan 38 PART 4: GENERAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL PROPERTIES 41 16. Excavations, Boreholes and Earth Moving 41 17. Handling and Drainage of Stormwater 42 18. Siting and Development of Buildings 42 19. Screen Walls and Fences 42 20. Maintenance of Buildings, Gardens and Sites 43 21. Dolomite Areas 43 22. Hills and Ridges 45 23. Detrimental Soil Conditions 46 24. Wetland Areas 46 25. High Biodiversity Areas 47 26. Informal Structures 48 27. Environmental Impact Assessment 48 28. Heritage Resource Management 48 Klerksdorp Land Use Management Scheme, 2005 promulgated by virtue of Local Authority Notice 77 in the North West Provincial Gazette No 6159 dated 26 April 2005 2 PART 5: SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO USE 49 ZONES / LAND USES 29. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “Residential 1” 49 30. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “Residential 2” 49 31. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “Mining and Quarrying” 50 32. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “High Potential / Unique Agricultural” 53 33. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “Agricultural” 54 34. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “Conservation” 55 35. Conditions Applicable to Properties Zoned “Public Open Space” 56 36. Conditions Applicable to “Informal Rural Settlements” and “Semi Formal Rural 56 Settlements” 37. Conditions Applicable to “Filling Station” and “Public Garages” 56 38. Conditions Applicable to “Cultural Heritage Site” 57 39. Conditions Applicable to “Protected Areas” 58 40. Conditions Applicable to “Conservancies” 58 41. Conditions Applicable to “Liquor Enterprise” 58 42. Conditions Applicable to “Tavern” 59 43. Conditions Applicable to “Shops”, “Offices” and “Service Enterprises” 59 60 PART 6: SPECIAL, WRITTEN AND TEMPORARY CONSENT 44. Criteria for the Consideration of Applications 60 45. Finding and Appeals 60 46. Register of Consent and Conditions 61 47. Special Consent of the Local Authority 61 48. Written Consent of the Local Authority 64 49. Temporary Consent of the Local Authority 66 PART 7: GENERAL 67 50. Authority 67 51. Responsible Authority 67 52. Area of the Scheme 67 53. Property Description 67 54. Use of Annexures and Schedules 67 55. Advertising Signs 68 56. Conflict Between Provisions of Scheme, Conditions of Title 69 57. Permission Granted Before the Fixed Date 69 58. Binding Force of Conditions 69 59. Entry Upon and Inspection of Properties 69 60. Serving of Notices 69 61. Contravention of the Scheme 70 62. Short Title 70 Klerksdorp Land Use Management Scheme, 2005 promulgated by virtue of Local Authority Notice 77 in the North West Provincial Gazette No 6159 dated 26 April 2005 3 LIST OF SCHEDULES Schedule A : DFA Principles (Refer Clause 1.29) – Chapter 1 Principles contained in Sections 3 and 4 of the Development Facilitation Act, 1995 (Act 67 of 1995) Schedule B : Directive Principles contained within the Land Use Management Bill (Refer Clause 1.30) Schedule C : Listed Activities as identified under Section 21 of the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act 73 of 1989) (Refer Clause 1.83) Schedule D : Noxious Uses (Refer Clause 1.94) Schedule E : Schedule 1 Businesses in respect of which License is required in terms of the Business Act, 1991 (Act 71 of 1991) (Refer Clause 1.107) Schedule F : Lines of no Access (Refer Clause 8) Schedule G : Building Restriction Areas (Refer Clause 9.2) Schedule H : Maximum number of Dwelling Units / Flats or Permitted Floor Area per Residential 2 Erf (Refer Clause 10.2.2) Schedule I : Height Zone 1 (Refer Clause 12.1.1) Schedule J : Conditions applicable to Townships, Erven or Properties in Dolomite Areas (Refer Clause 21) Schedule K : Erven located within Townships with Detrimental Soil Conditions (Refer Clause 23) Schedule L : Heritage Resource Management – Extract from Section 38 of the National Heritage Resources Act, 1999 (Act 25 of 1999) (Refer Clause 28) Schedule M : Properties identified as Cultural Heritage Sites (Refer Clause 28.3) Schedule N : Requirements for Residential 2 (Refer Clause 30.1.1) Schedule O : Provincial Guidelines – North West Policy for the establishment of Country Estates, Private Resorts and Public Resorts in terms of the Development Facilitation Act, 1995 (Act 67 of 1995) (Refer Clause 32.1.5 and 33.1.6) Schedule P : Liquor Enterprise (Refer Clause 41.1.1) Schedule Q : Taverns (Refer Clause 42.1.1) Klerksdorp Land Use Management Scheme, 2005 promulgated by virtue of Local Authority Notice 77 in the North West Provincial Gazette No 6159 dated 26 April 2005 4 PART 1: DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 1. DEFINITIONS, In this Scheme , unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words and expressions have the respective meanings hereby assigned to them: 1.1 ABATTOIR – means a slaughtering facility, whether stationary or mobile, at or on which animals are slaughtered or intended to be slaughtered, and includes areas in or adjacent to such facilities where carcasses are chilled and meat or animal products are handled and in respect of which a registration certificate has been issued in terms of section 8(1) of the Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000) and in respect of which a grading has been determined in terms of section 8(2) of the said Act. 1.2 ACCOMMODATION ENTERPRISE – a residential enterprise which can be conducted from rooms, without a kitchen of its own or a dwelling unit and which forms part of a dwelling unit which is not permanently occupied or where the dominant use of the property calculated solely on the number of bedrooms (excluding lounge, dining, kitchen and living room areas) is no longer residential, used for the accommodation of visitors on a temporary basis, subject to such requirements laid down by the Local Authority and may include concepts such as guest houses , bed and breakfast establishments and self catering establishments but excludes uses included in the definition of a ‘Hotel’ , ‘ Place of Refreshment ’, ‘Teagarden’ , ‘ Restaurant’ , ‘ Place of Amusements ’, ‘ Conference Facility ’ and ‘Social Hall ’. 1.3 AERODROME – land used or a building designed or used for the landing, departure, storage and maintenance of aircraft and may include landing fields, runways, taxiways, heliport, hangers, control towers, fuel storage and supply areas, public enclosures as well as such training facilities approved by the Local Authority appurtenant to the use of the property for the purposes of an aerodrome, provided that the establishment and operation of an aerodrome shall be subject to the provisions of the Aviation Act, 1962 (Act 74 of 1962) as amended and any regulations made thereunder. 1.4 AGRICULTURE - Land that is used or intended to be used for buildings and land uses associated with farming practices, and specifically for the following activities: 1.4.1 Production of food and fibre 1.4.2 Cultivation of crops 1.4.3 Farming of livestock, poultry and bees 1.4.4 Horticulture and market gardening 1.4.5 Farm settlement 1.4.6 Urban agriculture 1.4.7 The use of buildings for associated activities including educational activities (subject to the provisions of Clause 48). Klerksdorp Land Use Management Scheme, 2005 promulgated by virtue of Local Authority Notice 77 in the North West Provincial Gazette No 6159 dated 26 April 2005 5 1.5 ANNEXURES TO THE SCHEME - documents comprising of provisions, inter alia, special rights and conditions applicable to those properties shown on the Scheme Maps by the following encircled figures. 1.6 AREA OF THE SCHEME - The area described in Clause 53 of the Scheme . 1.7 BAKERY - A building in which bread, rusks, biscuits, pies, pastries, confectionery and other baked products are produced in bulk for distribution to wholesalers and/or retailers, as well as such retail as may be approved by the Local Authority . 1.8 BASEMENT – means any portion of a building of which the floor is two metres or more below the mean natural ground level of the ground covered by the building and of which no part of the ceiling is more than one metre above such mean level: Provided that the area of the building located above such mean level shall not exceed 80% of the footprint area of such building . Not to exceed 80% of footprint area of building Not to exceed 1,0m Mean natural ground 2,0m or more level Basement 1.9 BIODIVERSITY – a measure of the number and relative abundance of biological species. The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems. 1.10 BUILDERS YARD - land or buildings which are used for the storage of: 1.10.1 materials which are – 1.10.1.1 required for construction, or is normally used for construction; or 1.10.1.2 derived from demolition