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Johannesburg
South Africa
South Africa
Public Road and Miscellaneous By-law, 2004
- Published in Gauteng Provincial Gazette 179 on 21 May 2004
- Commenced on 21 May 2004
- [This is the version of this document from 10 August 2011 and includes any amendments published up to 25 October 2024.]
- [Amended by Public Roads and Miscellaneous: Amendment (General Notice 3386 of 2010) on 1 December 2010]
- [Amended by Public Roads and Miscellaneous: Amendment (Local Authority Notice 836 of 2011) on 29 June 2011]
- [Amended by Public Roads and Miscellaneous: Amendment (General Notice 2126 of 2011) 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
No person may place any rope, wire or pole on, under or across any public road, or hang, or place anything whatsoever thereon, without the prior written permission of the Council.3. Damage to trees
No person may climb upon, or break or damage or in any way mark or paint on any tree on any public road within the municipal area of the Council, and no person may, without the prior written permission of the Council, lop, top, trim, cut down or remove any such tree unless the person is authorised to do so in terms of these By-laws or any other law.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 a 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 near a public road without taking all reasonable steps to prevent it falling onto the public road.7A. Display of Household Clothes and Fabric, etc.
No person shall, with the municipal area of the Council, display in any manner to the view of the public, except as an article for sale in a shop window or on a sidewalk, any article of clothing or any household, domestic or other linen or any other fabric (except when used as curtains) from any window or on or from any wall or balcony or veranda fronting on any street or public place.8. Damaging of Council's property
Subject to the provisions of section 10, no person may deface, tamper, damage, remove, or in any way interfere with any of the Council'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. Excavations in public roads
11. 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.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
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 public road, sidewalk or footway unless it is deposited within an enclosure in respect of which the prior written permission of the Council has been obtained.20. Planting on sidewalks
No person may plant or cause to be planted, any tree, shrub or other plant on any public road or any sidewalk, footway or road reserve forming part thereof, which obstructs or interferes with pedestrian traffic on such sidewalk, footway or road reserve or allow any such tree, shrub or plant to remain on that sidewalk, footway or road reserve.21. Permission to hoard in footway
Chapter 3
Traffic matters
22. 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.23. Clinging to moving vehicles
No person travelling upon any pedal cycle, motor cycle, coaster, sled, rollerskates, or any other similar device may cling to or attach himself or herself or such cycle coaster, sled, roller-scates or device to any other moving vehicle, upon a public road.24. Removal of obstructions
25. Games, throwing stones, on public roads
26. 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.27. Animals on public roads
28. Parking meters
28A. Parking coupon devices
29. 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 South African Medical Council 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
General provisions
30. Offences and penalties
Any person who-31. Repeal of by-laws
The by-laws listed in Schedule 1 are hereby repealed.32. Short title
These By-laws are called the Public Road and Miscellaneous By-laws, 2003.History of this document
10 August 2011 this version
Amended by
Public Roads and Miscellaneous: Amendment
29 June 2011
01 December 2010
21 May 2004
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