STANDARD CONDITIONS RELATING TO ESTATE AGENTS SIGNS

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STANDARD CONDITIONS RELATING TO ESTATE AGENTS SIGNS Subject to approval in terms of this By-Law, the erection and/or display of estate agent signs is permitted in all areas except natural areas of

1 STANDARD CONDITIONS RELATING TO ESTATE AGENTS SIGNS Subject to approval in terms of this By-Law, the erection and/or display of estate agent signs is permitted in all areas except natural areas of maximum control. In addition: 1. Estate Agent signs may be displayed only from 12h00 on Saturday 20h00 on Sundays. 2. Estate Agent signs are to be attached only to municipal electric light poles where available and only with stout string or plastic ties. No securing material with metal content shall be permitted. Signs may not be affixed to trees, traffic signal poles or other poles which carry road traffic signs, walls, fences, rocks, other natural features or landscaped areas, street furniture or other Municipal property unless such other display is authorised by the Municipality in writing. 3. Only one sign per agency per light pole may be displayed. 4. On each sign, the wording on show Showhouse, Showflat or Showplot with the Agency s name and directional arrow must be displayed. (Directional sign) 5. Where no municipal light poles are available, signs may be displayed on stakes making use of a design approved by the Municipality. Estate Agent signs may not be displayed on concrete, premix or paved surfaces. It is not permissible for stakes to penetrate the ground deeper than 15cm. 6. Estate agent signs may not exceed 0.3m² in total area. 7. Not more than six estate agent directional signs will be permitted in total per showhouse, showplot or block of flats in which a showflat is on display. The definition of one sign shall include the display of two signboards only when such boards are sandwiched back to back around an electric light pole. 8. Estate agent signs may not be displayed along Scenic Drives and/or on any bridge, public park or public open space. 9. Only one directional sign per Showhouse/flat/plot may be displayed along any proclaimed main road, excluding roads referred to in 8 above. 10. No Estate sign shall obscure a road traffic sign. 11. No Estate sign shall be erected on centre islands. 12. No Estate agent sign shall be erected in such a way that any part of it is closer than 1.5m from a road verge. 13. Directional signs shall be displayed along main routes only, being the shortest route from a main road to the property. 14. No Estate agent signs may be erected on any tarred areas of pavements. 15. Sold / For Sale / To Let signs must be erected flush against the fence/wall of the property. 16. Sold signs may be displayed flush against the fence/wall of the property for a maximum of two weeks only. 17. No signs indicating anything other than property for sale may be erected or displayed by Estate agents or agencies. 18. Application by each Estate Agency on an annual basis must be made for permission to display Estate agent signs and approval shall be subject to payment of an annual fee in accordance with the Municipality s Schedule of tariffs and charges published from time to time. 1

2 19. A deposit shall be paid per agency against which a charge for the removal of any sign which contravenes the By-Law will be levied. In the event of the above deposit being exhausted, permission to display such signage will be withdrawn until a further deposit is paid to the Municipality. 20. Any Estate agent sign unlawfully erected, or in contravention of the provisions of this Schedule, will be subject to a charge by the Municipality, calculated in accordance with the published schedule of tariffs and charges irrespective of whether such sign is removed by the Municipality: photographic evidence of the unlawful sign will be obtained by the Municipality prior to levying the said charge. ANNEXURE A THE FOLLOWING SCENIC ROUTES AND MAJOR ARTERIALS ARE PROHIBITED AREAS WHERE NO ESTATE AGENT BOARDS ARE TO BE DISPLAYED. ROUTE NAME START POINT END POINT Plateau Road Smitswinkel S/borough Main Road Main Road Smitswinkel Muizenberg Red Hill Road Plateau Road Main Road Witsand Main Road Plateau Road Slangkop Road Soetwater Main Road Witsand Road Slangkop Road Boyes Drive Main Road Main Road Ou Kaapse Weg N/Hoek intersection Steenberg Road Chapman s Peak Drive Chapman Peak Hotel Die Hoek Lookout Steenberg Road/ Orpen Road / Main Road Constantia Road Spaanschemat River Road Simon Van Der Stel Waterloo / Wolfe Steenberg Road, Constantia Top of Wynberg Hill, Simon Van Street Road/Alphen Hill Der Stel Edinburgh Drive Wynberg Hill Rhodes Avenue/Paradise Road Constantia Main Road Alphen Hill Constantia Nek Princess Street Constantia Nek intersection Chapmans Peak Princess Street Bakoven Camps Bay Drive Kloof Nek Rhodes Avenue M3/Union Avenue Constantia Nek Rhodes Avenue M3/Union Avenue Hospital bend De Waal Drive Hospital bend Mill Street Tafelberg Road Kloof Nek Cul-de-sac Signal Hill Kloof Nek Signal Hill Kloof Road Kloof Nek Start of residential area Kloof Nek Road Start of residential ara Coen Steytler Buitengracht Street Carisbrook Road Baden Powell Drive Atlantic/Main Road Sunrise Circle N1 Plattekloof Kuilsriver Freeway Tygerberg Valley Road Durbanville Rd/Tygervalley Rd Contemanskloof Contermanskloof Road Visserhoek Durbanville Rd & N7 Visserhoek Road N7 Wellington/Main Road Durbanville Road R302 Wellington Road R302 Klipheuwel Road N1 Main Street Klipheuwel Road End of D/v urban area Klipheuwel Main Road R3042/R302 junction R304 Main Street Klipheuwel Main Road N7 Contermanskloof turn off Study boundary R304 Mmre Road (South) N7 Morning Star turnoff Study boundary Charel Uys Drive Atlantis Study boundary Otto Du Plessis Drive Melkbos urban area Marine Drive Marine Drive R27 Otto Du Plessis Racecourse Road N2 Baden Powell Drive R44 R44/Beach Rd-North Study area boundary Lourens River Crossing Sir Lowry s Pass Road Sir Lowry s Pass Study area boundary Sir Lowry s Pass Road N2 Faure Marine Drive Faure Marine Drive Sir Lowry s Pass Road Study boundary 2

3 IN ADDITION: CAPE TOWN ADMINISTRATION AREA: PROHIBITED ROUTES 1. Eastern Boulevard from its junction with Oswold Pirow Street intersection to the junction with De Waal Drive and, 2. De Waal Drive, from its junction with Jutland Avenue and including the overhead bridge in Roeland Street, to the junction with Rhodes Drive, and 3. Rhodes Drive, from the junction with De Waal Drive to the junction with Union Avenue, and 4. Edinburgh Drive from the Wynberg turn off down Edinburgh Drive to the intersection with Protea Road. 5. Union Avenue, from the junction with Koeberg Road, up to it s junction with Milner Road. 6. Milner Road from its junction with Black River Parkway as far as the intersection with Park Road 7. Milner Road from its junction with Black River Parkway as far as the intersection with Park Road. 8. Liesbeeck Parkway, from the Malta Road Bridge, to the Belmont Road intersection. 9. Settlers Way to Borshanars Quarry Road intersection. 10. Beach Road from Portswood Road, Green Point intersection to Seacliffe Road, Bantry Bay intersection. 11. from Bantry Steps intersection to the Municipal boundary at Bakoven. 12. Camps Bay Drive from it s junction with Kloof Nek Road to Rottingham Road intersection. 13. Tafelberg Road 14. Signalhill Road 15. Roundhouse Road, through the Glen, to Lower Kloof Road intersection. 16. Lower Kloof Road, from its intersection with to its intersection with Nettleton Road. 17. Kloof Nek Road from Bellevue Street intersection to its junction with Camps Bay Drive 18. St Georges Street from its intersection with Wale Street to its intersection with Hans Strydom. BLAAUWBERG ADMINISTRATION AREA: PROHIBITED AREAS 1. No sign be erected on the road reserves of proclaimed Main Roads, including Otto Du Plessis Drive, Marine Drive Plattekloof Road, Bosmansdam Road and West Coast Road. 2. Any sign erected on Blaauwberg Road my not be less than three metres from the kerb and only on the left hand side of the approach to an intersection. 3. No sign may be erected on the central median of Blaauwberg Road 3

4 SOUTH PENINSULA ADMINISTRATION AREA: PROHIBITED AREAS 1. Freeways and Major Arterials 1.1 Van Der Stel Freeway (M3) Wynberg Park To Steenberg Road 1.2 Kromboom River Parkway (M5) To junction with Prince George Drive, Plumstead. 1.3 Prince George Drive from corner Military Road to Baden Powell Drive, Muizenberg. 2. Scenic Drives 2.1 Victoria Drive Llandudno (M6) Suikerbossie 2.2 Chapman s Peak Drive (M6) Between the appropriate the name boards. 2.3 Ou Kaapseweg (M64) Noordhoek Road, Sunnydale to Steenberg Road, Westlake. 2.4 Glencairn Expressway (M6) Kommetjie Road, Sun Valley to Main Road, Glencairn 2.5 Witsands Road (M65) Kommetjie to Redhill Road. 2.6 Plateau Road (M65)- Redhill Road to Cape Point turn-off. 2.7 Main Road Muizenberg to Simon s Town boundary to Cape Point turn-off. 2.8 Baden Powell Drive (R310) Muizenberg from intersection to Prince Georges Drive to Municipal boundary at Strandfontein. 2.9 Boyes Drive Lakeside Spaanschemat River/Orpen/Steenberg (M52) from Constantia Main Road to Main Road Steenberg Rhodes Drive (M63) 2.12 Southern Cross Drive to intersection Brommersvlei Road to intersection Constantia Main Road Constantia Main Road (M41) from Alphen Hill, Wynberg Upper to Constantia Nek Constantia Nek to Chapman s Peak Drive, Hout Bay (M62) Runciman Drive, Simon s Town. 3. Main Thoroughfares 3.1 Victoria Drive (M6) Suikerbossie Nek to Constantia/ 3.2 Noordhoek Main Road (M6)- Chapman s Peak Drive to Ou Kaapseweg. 3.3 Kommetjie Road (M65)-Fish Hoek Municipal boundary at Sunnydale to Witsands Road (Southern boundary of Kommetjie Local Area) 3.4 Witsand Road, Scarborough (M6)-Within the Local Area of Scarborough. 3.5 Redhill Road (M66)- Witsands Road to Main Road Simons Town 3.6 Lansdowne Road/Swartklip Road (M9) Wetton Circle to False Bay Coast 3.7 Strandfontein Road (M17) Lansdowne Road to False Bay Coast. 4

5 OOSTENBERG ADMINISTRATOR: PROHIBITED AREA PROHIBITED AREAS FOR ESTATE AGENTS SIGNS 1.1 N1 National Road 1.2 N2 National Road 1.3 R300 Road 1.4 Botlary Road 1.5 Polkadraai Road 1.6 Old Paarl Road 1.7 Hindle Road 1.8 Van Riebeeck Road 1.9 Strand Road 1.10 Stellenbosch Arterial PROHIBITED AREAS FOR ESTATE AGENT SIGN BOARDS 2.1 N1 National Road 2.2 R300 Road 2.3 Botlary Road 2.4 Polkadraai Road 2.5 Strand Road 2.6 Any other route as determined by Council from time to time ANNEXURE B 1. As from 1 July 2007 every estate agent and auctioneer will be required to register individually with the municipality for permission to display property marketing boards and directional signage on Council property. 2. Each agent will be required to pay an annual registration fee and a display fee per annum (including VAT), in accordance with the Municipality s annual published schedule of tariffs. 3. Upon registration, the City will issue a maximum of six permit stickers per agent for the year, thus limiting to six the number of directional show house signs allowed on Council property. 4. Each sticker, which is uniquely numbered, is to be displayed on any directional board for the duration of the year. Faded or damaged stickers will be replaced at no extra cost on production of the spoilt originals. 5. The standard conditions for directional boards will still apply. Signs displayed on the private property being marketed, and not exceeding 0.3m² will not require permit stickers. THE COSTS INVOLVED FOR CONTRAVENTIONS BY THE MUNICIPALITY WILL BE: Per contravention UNPASTED: Minimum control: Partial control: Maximum control: PASTED: Minimum control: Partial control: Maximum control: Fees may be updated annually by the Municipality and in accordance with published Schedule of tariffs and charges. NOTE: An additional 50% is charged for removals on a Saturday and an additional 100% charge for removals on a Sunday. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BRANCH CITY of CAPE TOWN 5

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