Public Road and Miscellaneous By-laws
Published in Province of Gauteng: Provincial Gazette no. 179 on 21 May 2004
Commences on 21 May 2004 unless otherwise noted
- Amended by City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Amendment to the Public Roads and Miscellaneous By-laws on 1 December 2010
- Amended by City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Amendment to the Public Roads and Miscellaneous By-laws on 29 June 2011
- Amended by City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Amendment to the Public Roads and Miscellaneous By-laws on 10 August 2011
Chapter 1
Interpretation
1. Definitions and interpretation
Chapter 2
Public roads and miscellaneous
2. Ropes, wires or poles across public road
3. Damage to trees
4. Barbed wire, dangerous and electrical fencing
5. Protection of public roads
6. Cleanliness of public roads
7. Article placed in building facing public road
7A. Display of Household Clothes and Fabric, etc.
8. Damaging of Council's property
9. Cleaning and repairing on public roads
10. Excavations in public roads
11. Defacing, marking or painting public roads
12. Races and sports events
13. Loitering on public roads
14. Loitering and touting at places of public entertainment
15. Public decency
16. Trolleys
17. Public road collections
18. Control of stormwater and watercourses on public road
19. Obstruction on public roads
20. Planting on sidewalks
21. Permission to hoard in footway
Chapter 3
Traffic matters
22. Control of traffic
23. Clinging to moving vehicles
24. Removal of obstructions
25. Games, throwing stones, on public roads
26. Shoeing and cleaning of animals on public roads
27. Animals on public roads
28. Parking meters
28A. Parking coupon devices
29. Medical practitioner exempt
Chapter 4
General provisions
30. Offences and penalties
31. Repeal of by-laws
32. Short title
Schedule 1
REPEALED BY-LAWS
Number and year | Name of by-law | Extent of repeal |
---|---|---|
Administrator's Notice 281 dated 27 June 1934 | Road Traffic By-laws (JHB) | The whole |
Administrator's Notice 368 dated 14 March 1973 | Standard Street and Miscellaneous By-laws (Randburg Municipality) | The whole |
Administrator's Notice 652 dated 24 April 1974 | Standard Street and Miscellaneous By-laws (Sandton Municipality) | The whole |
Standard Street and Miscellaneous By-laws (Roodepoort Municipality) | The whole | |
Standard Street and Miscellaneous By-laws (Midrand Municipality) | The whole | |
Government Notice R.2606 dated 2 December 1983 under section 27 (2A) of the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982 (Act 102 of 1982) read with section 13(3) of the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No 209 of 1993) | By-laws relating to Streets and Street Collections as applied by the Municipalities of Alexandra, Diepmeadow, Dobsonville and Soweto | Whole |
Local Authority Notice 741 dated 22 March 1989 | Standard Traffic By-laws (Randburg) | The whole |
Local Authority Notice of Roodepoort Municipality on page 5161 in Official Gazette dated 21 December 1988 | Standard Traffic By-laws (Roodepoortl | The whole |
Administrator's Notice 901 dated 19 August 1970 as amended by Administrator's Notice 1692 dated 24 October 1973 | Parking Meter By-laws (Roodepoort) | The whole |
Schedule 2
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG METROPOlITAN MUNICIPAlITY - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR WORK IN THE ROAD RESERVE
1. PROCEDURE
2. WORK IN THE ROAD RESERVE
3. WAYLEAVE AND LANE RENTAL
4. COSTS
5. EXISTING SERVICES IN THE ROAD RESERVE
6. ROAD CATEGORIES
Function | Category | Road Type | Administration |
---|---|---|---|
A (Class 1) | A1 A2 A3 |
National Roads Primary- (inter) provincial Urban Freeway/Motorways |
SANRAL Gauteng DoT Road Authority |
B (Class 2) | B2 B3 |
Primary - (inter) provincial Major (inter) urban arterials |
Gauteng DoT Road Authority |
C (Class 3) | C2 C3 |
\(Inter) district connectors Minor (intra) urban arterials |
Gauteng DoT Road Authority |
D (Class 4) | D2 D3 D4 |
Intra district connectors (Intra) district collectors (Intra) district collectors & industrial roads |
Gauteng DoT Road Authority Road Authority |
E (Class 5) | E4 | Urban distributors | Road Authority |
F (Class 6) | F4 | Local access roads | Road Authority |
G (Class 7) | G5 | Private roads / Culs de Sac | Road Authority / Residents |
7. PROTECTED ROADS
8. TRAFFIC SIGNS AND BARRICADING
9. ROAD CLOSURES
10. EXCAVATIONS
11. TRENCHLESS METHODS
12. EMERGENCY WORK
13. SPECIFICATIONS FOR BACKFILLING AND REINSTATEMENTS
Reinstatement Width (mm) | Height of Deformation or Hump as measured with straight edge (mm) |
---|---|
Up to 400 | 10 |
400 to 500 | 12 |
500 to 600 | 14 |
600 to 700 | 17 |
700 to 800 | 19 |
800 to 900 | 22 |
Over 900 | 25 |


14. COMPLETION NOTICE AND CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION







Page No | |
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General 1 | 3.10.1 |
Urban roadworks | 13.10.1 |
Temporary traffic signals | 13.10.2 |
Sidewalk deviation | 13.10.4 |
Localised work site - good visibility | 13.10.6 |
Lane closed beyond a junction | 13.10.8 |
Work within a junction | 13.10.10 |
Work in a one-way street | 13.10.12 |
Road closure - CBD | 13.10.14 |
Road closure - dual carriageway street | 13.10.16 |
Road closure - detour | 13.10.18 |