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Public Road, Electronic Communications Networks and Miscellaneous By-law, 2009
- Published in Gauteng Provincial Gazette no. 214 on 30 September 2009
- Commenced on 30 September 2009
- [This is the version of this document from 30 September 2009 and includes any amendments published up to 17 June 2022.]
Chapter 1
Introductory provisions
1. Definitions and interpretation
In these By-laws, any word or expression that has been defined in the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) has that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates -"authorised official" means -2. Application
Chapter 2
General requirements in respect of public roads
3. Damage to trees
4. Barbed wire, dangerous and electrical fencing
5. Protection of public roads
No person may place upon or off-load on a public road any material or goods that are likely to cause damage to that public road unless the person has taken reasonable precautions to protect the surface of the public road against damage.6. Cleanliness of public roads
7. Article placed in building facing public road
No person may place any article likely to cause injury or damage to any person or property if it were to fall on a public road, in any building near a public road without taking all reasonable steps necessary to prevent the article falling onto the public road.8. Damaging of Council's property
Subject to section 10, no person may deface, tamper, damage, remove, or in any way interfere with any of the city's property or work on or along any public road.9. Cleaning and repairing on public roads
No person may clean or repair any part of a vehicle or wash, dry or paint any article or object on any public road except in the case of an emergency breakdown of a vehicle when emergency repairs may be done.10. Defacing, marking or painting public roads
No person may in any way deface, mark or paint any public road or part of a public road or any structure related to such road, without the prior written permission of the Council.11. Races and sports events
12. Loitering on public roads
13. Loitering and touting at places of public entertainment
14. Public decency
15. Trolleys
16. Public road collections
17. Control of stormwater and watercourses on public road
18. Obstruction on public roads
No person may deposit or cause to be deposited or leave or cause to be left any sand, stone, earth, bricks, timber, lime, cement or other building or excavated material of whatever nature on any portion of any road reserve unless it is deposited within an enclosure in respect of which the prior written permission of the Council has been obtained.19. Planting on sidewalks
No person may plant or cause to be planted, any tree, shrub or other plant on any road reserve, which obstructs or interferes with pedestrian traffic on such road reserve or allow any such tree, shrub or plant to remain on that road reserve.Chapter 3
Traffic matters
20. Control of traffic
An authorised official may direct any form of traffic by means of any visible or audible signal and every person must obey such signal.21. Clinging to moving vehicles
No person travelling upon any pedal cycle, motor cycle, coaster, sled, roller-skates, or any other similar device may cling to or attach himself or herself or such cycle, coaster, sled, roller-skates or device to any other moving vehicle, upon a public road.22. Removal of obstructions
23. Games, throwing stones, on public roads
24. Shoeing and cleaning of animals on public roads
No person may shoe any animal, or clean, dress, train or break-in livestock on any public road.25. Animals on public roads
26. Parking meters
27. Medical practitioner exempt
A medical practitioner is exempt from paying the prescribed fees, while the vehicle used by that practitioner is parked in a demarcated space, to enable him or her to perform professional duties at any place other than a consulting room or similar place, subject to a form or token issued by the Health Professions Council of South Africa for that purpose being displayed on the windscreen of the vehicle concerned in such manner that it is readily legible from outside the vehicle.Chapter 4
Works on, across or under any public road
28. Ropes, wires or poles across public road
29. Excavations in public roads
30. Permission to hoard in footway
31. Emergency works by service providers
32. Other works in the road reserve
Chapter 5
Installation of electronic communications facilities
33. Works on or under public roads and other municipal land
34. Area plan
The area plan to be submitted in terms of section 33(3)(a)(ii) must -35. Agreement in respect of works on municipal land other than a public road
36. Notification of the public and service providers
37. Occupation of and works on or under public roads
38. Control and supervision of works
39. Restoration of public roads
40. Completion
41. Emergency works by a licensee
42. Notice regarding trees
43. Failure to give notice
Chapter 6
General provisions
44. Offences and penalties
45. Repeal and amendment of by-laws
The by-laws listed in the first and second columns of Schedule 1 are amended or repealed to the extent indicated in the third column.46. Short title
These by-laws are called the Public Road, Electronic Communications Networks and Miscellaneous By-laws, 2003.History of this By-law
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30 September 2009 this version
Published in Gauteng Provincial Gazette no. 214By-law commences.
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