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Approval of building plans for structures spanning multiple land units
No building plan may be approved under the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act for a building or structure that spans multiple land units until the consolidation or related documentation is registered or has been officially lodged with the Registrar of Deeds.
Places
City of Cape Town, Western Cape
Reference
C12/10/16
No building plan may be approved [submitted] in terms of section 7 of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act in respect of a building or structure contemplated in subsection (1) [may be approved], until – (a) the consolidation or documentation arising out of the legal steps contemplated in subsection (1) has been registered; or (b) a conveyancer provides written proof that the consolidation or the documentation arising out of the legal steps has been lodged with the Registrar of Deeds for registration.
Cession of land to the City for inclusion into a road reserve
Land may be ceded to the City for inclusion into a road reserve, which is now formally recognized as a valid development purpose under the planning scheme.
the cession of land to the City for inclusion into a road reserve.
Zoning of public roads and streets as Transport Zoning 2
Public roads, public streets, and portions of land reserved as such under any law, including those specified on a General Plan, are deemed to be zoned as Transport Zoning 2: Public Street and Public Parking.
Any public road and public street and any portion of land proclaimed or reserved under any law as public road or public street or the widening or improvement of any such existing public road or street or specified on a General Plan of a registered township, diagram or map as public road or public street, shall be deemed to be zoned as Transport Zoning 2: Public Street and Public Parking.
Consolidation of land units for building construction
A person may construct a building or structure that spans two or more contiguous land units only if the owners have taken legal steps to prevent separate disposal of the land units, or if the City has approved the consolidation. The consolidation must be registered or lodged with the Registrar of Deeds before a building plan can be approved.
A person may not construct a building or structure that straddles the boundaries of two or more contiguous land units unless the owners of the contiguous land units have either taken legal steps to the City Manager’s satisfaction, to ensure that such land units cannot be separately sold, leased, alienated or otherwise disposed of or the City has approved [without the City’s approval of] the consolidation of the land units.
