The City of Cape Town’s Development Management Scheme (DMS), which is a schedule to the City of Cape Town’s Municipal Planning By-law, 2015 (MPBL), applies to all land within the geographical area of the City, including land owned by the state.
Each land unit in the City has a zoning. The DMS states, amongst other things, the land uses and development rules for all zonings, meaning the purpose for which land is or may be used lawfully and the provisions, restrictions and/or conditions that sets out the permissible extent of the land use in terms of a zoning. It also provides the applicable definitions, interpretations, general provisions and overlay zonings.
Section 27 of the MPBL states that at least every five years after the commencement of the MPBL, the DMS must be reviewed. The City intends to now review the DMS in terms of this section and review the MPBL at the same time.
In terms of section 17 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, Act 32 of 2000, the public and interested parties or groups are given the opportunity to submit comments or suggestions to be taken into account in the review process from 22 February to 23 April 2021.
Comments or suggestions on the review process should align to approved Council policies, plans, strategies and the Integrated Development Plan. For more information: www.capetown.gov.za/policies. The review process cannot change the zoning of any land unit in the City, but may consider, amongst other things, amendments to applicable development rules.
After all comments and suggestions have been reviewed and evaluated, a review report will be submitted to Council setting out, amongst other things, the responses to comments and suggestions received. Council will then make a recommendation on which of those comments and suggestions will be formally taken forward and a further public participation process will be conducted once a draft amendment by-law has been prepared.
Comments or suggestions to be taken into account in the review process may be submitted to Schalk de Jager by:
Email: lums@capetown.gov.za
Website: www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay
The City’s Public Participation Unit will assist people who cannot read or write, people living with disabilities and people from disadvantaged groups who are unable to submit comments or suggestions, to have their comments or suggestions recorded and submitted to the City.
Contact Frederick Venter on 021 400 1768 or frederick.venter@capetown.gov.za for general public participation enquiries and for disadvantaged groups.
Contact Schalk de Jager on schalk.dejager@capetown.gov.za for further enquiries on the DMS review process or view www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay.
