Residents who would like to have a say in the location of designated sites for discharging fireworks must remember to give their opinion at their local subcouncil offices before the end of April 2010.
The City of Cape Town has decided to review the designated areas in Cape Town from which residents may discharge fireworks bought at approved shops.
[ad#Google Adsense 125×125 Blog Post]Due to property development, some of the currently designated sites have changed in character to either residential or a combination of residential and business, rendering them no longer feasible or appropriate for the purposes of discharging fireworks.
The City therefore initiated a round of public participation through local subcouncil offices to give residents the opportunity to present their opinions on suitable sites to discharge fireworks from within their local subcouncil boundaries.
Residents who would like to comment on possible new sites or the scrapping of existing ones should do so through their local subcouncil offices before the end of April. The opinion of the majority will be the deciding factor.
The City’s new proposed animal by-law, which has undergone two long and extensive public participation processes, will also serve before the Safety and Security Portfolio Committee shortly. All comments received from the public have been assessed and those found to be practical and suitable have been incorporated into the by-law.
This by-law was drafted with the aim of not only improving existing by-laws, but also to consolidate the number of different by-laws of the previous administrations, creating one by-law for the whole city. Some of the suggested improvements include better protection of animals against fireworks, better protection for cart-horses, stricter conditions for kennels and catteries, large fines of up to R20 000 for dog-fighting, as well as the removal of dog faeces from public places.
All views and opinions are currently under scrutiny and a decision will be reached following the Portfolio Committee meeting. Thereafter, the by-law will be sent to full Council for approval.
