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ERF 9702 RUWARI - CASE 1500161127

ERF 9702 - CALL FOR COMMENT ON APPLICATION FOR BUILDING DEPARTURES.

Please comment on the three advertised building departures below. This tool helps you prepare your own submission and generates the City of Cape Town's prescribed MPBL-LUM18 PDF for you to send from your own email account.

Aerial view of Erf 9702 outlined in red
Erf 9702 is outlined in red.
Reservoir Street at the top • Kruis Road on the left • Affodil Street on the right
PropertyErf 9702, Brackenfell South
Address10 Affodil Street, Ruwari
Case ID1500161127
Closing date28 September 2026

What is the City asking residents to comment on?

The City's Development Management Scheme (DMS) contains rules that control how a property may be developed. These include rules about maximum building height, the number of parking bays required, and the number and spacing of vehicle entrances.

A permanent departure means the applicant is asking the City for permission not to comply fully with one of those normal development rules. For Erf 9702, the applicant is asking for three departures:

1

Building height

Normal rule: The maximum height for the affected buildings is 12.0 m.

What is being asked for: Permission for the new four-storey buildings next to Kruis Road to reach 12.34 m.

Difference: 34 cm higher than the normal maximum.

2

Parking

Normal rule: The City's parking requirements result in 146 parking bays being required for the proposed development.

What is being asked for: Permission to provide only 127 parking bays.

Difference: 19 fewer parking bays than normally required.

3

Vehicle entrances / carriageway crossings

What does this mean? A carriageway crossing is a vehicle entrance or driveway crossing from the street into the property.

Normal rule: No more than two carriageway crossings are permitted, and the relevant crossings must be at least 12 m apart.

What is being asked for: Permission for more than two crossings, with some of them only 9.5 m, 9.4 m and 2.5 m apart instead of 12 m.

Why is this not a rezoning application?

Erf 9702 is currently zoned Local Business 2 (LB2). According to the applicant's current planning motivation, the proposed dwelling houses and flats are already permitted under LB2. The current application therefore does not ask to change the zoning; it asks only for the three departures explained above.

STEP 1

What kind of submission are you making?

Choose the wording used on the City's prescribed form.

STEP 3

How did you become aware of the application?

STEP 4

Tell the City who you are

STEP 5

Your current interest in the application

Select every statement that genuinely applies to you. The wording shown may vary slightly between residents, but the meaning stays the same.

STEP 6

What concerns you about this application?

Tick any issues that concern you. You may choose more than one.

1. ZONING IS NOT CLEAR

City records have not always shown the same zoning for Erf 9702.

2. ERRORS AND DIFFERENT INFORMATION IN THE APPLICATION

Some figures and information in the application do not match.

3. INFRASTRUCTURE MAY NOT BE READY

Earlier City records raised infrastructure problems. The application now says there is enough capacity.

4. TRAFFIC AND PARKING

The application asks for 127 parking bays instead of 146. The traffic and parking information also relies largely on older or off-site information.

5. WATER AND SEWER CAPACITY

The application says there is enough water and sewer capacity, but the information provided does not clearly show the available spare capacity.

6. NO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN YET

The exact final Site Development Plan will only be prepared later, although departures are being asked for now.

7. FOUR-STOREY BUILDINGS / HEIGHT

The plan includes four-storey buildings about 12.34 m high instead of the 12 m limit.

8. VEHICLE ENTRANCES AND SAFETY

The application asks for more vehicle crossings and reduced spacing. It also refers to 9 crossings but describes only 5, with some proposed spacings as little as 2.5 m instead of 12 m.

We will use your choices to help write your comment clearly.

STEP 7

What do you believe should happen with this application?

Choose ONE outcome only. Choose the result you most want the City to consider.

Would more restrictive conditions change your mind?

The City form specifically asks whether you would support the application if reasonable conditions were imposed.

STEP 8

Sign your City submission

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