PARKING OF VEHICLES
Notice 2019 No 6
PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE SUMMERWOOD VILLAGE
Dear Member/Resident,
- The nature of the roadways in Summerwood create motor vehicle parking problems for residents and their visitors. The off-street parking which has been provided is not at all able to alleviate the predicament which exists in this regard.
- Management has received a number of reports from residents who have been aggrieved by aggravating incidents in the village. The photograph hereunder accompanied such a report. It is to be borne in mind that in terms of the agreement made between the developer of Summerwood, Garden Cities, and the City of Cape Town, the roadway infrastructure in the village is the property of the City and as such is administered and maintained by that organisation. As a result the prescriptions of the National Road Traffic Regulations are applicable to all road users in the Summerwood village.
- The Association’s Management Committee has always been aware of, especially, the parking difficulties which exist and are exacerbated in the narrower roadways. In this regard the Committee wishes to place special emphasis on paragraph 13.6 of the Association’s preamble to the Conduct Rules, viz. a vehicle may not be parked or stood on a street, unless in the case of an emergency or, during the hours of daylight for short periods, but must be parked or stood on the property of the resident for whose purposes the vehicle is in the village, or on the property of another resident with that resident’s explicit permission, or on a demarcated parking bay.
- As a further aid to residents the entire content of paragraph 13 of the preamble to the Conduct Rules and which deals with Traffic Control has been included as an appendage to this notice.
APPENDAGE TO NOTICE 2019 NO 6
13. Traffic control
IMPORTANT TO NOTE
Speed humps constructed in the village as a traffic calming measure must be negotiated with the utmost care to prevent damage to vehicles.
13.1 Due to the fact that the roads in the village are the property of and controlled by the City of Cape Town, the normal statutory traffic laws apply in terms of their use. The Management Committee will support the normal policing of the roads by Municipal authorities.
13.2 A speed limit of 40km/h applies in the village.
13.3 Pedestrians, many of whom are children, frequently use the roadways and motorists are cautioned to always operate their vehicles with the necessary care. A vehicle may not be driven anywhere other than on the streets.
13.4 A vehicle may not be operated on a street by a person who is not in possession of a valid driver’s license.
13.5 A vehicle that is not licensed, not roadworthy, produces excessive noise or smoke, or drips or spills lubricant or other fluid, or that in any way may damage or deface the Association’s property or infrastructure, may not be operated on a street or be parked or stood on a demarcated parking bay.
13.6 A vehicle may not be parked or stood on a street, unless in the case of an emergency or, during the hours of daylight for short periods, but must be parked or stood on the property of the resident for whose purposes the vehicle is in the village, or on the property of another resident with that resident’s explicit permission, or on a demarcated parking bay.
13.7 A vehicle may not be left unattended in such a manner that it may cause an obstruction to other street users or impede the flow of traffic, or occupies more than one demarcated parking bay.
13.8 No vehicle may be abandoned in the village. The Village Manager may cause a vehicle that in his discretion has been abandoned to be removed, the costs thereof being for the account of the owner or the person in control thereof.
