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2007 AGM:

Wednesday, 24th October | 7pm for 7.30pm
St. George's Church Hall, Sherborne Road, Parktown

Special Presentation: RATES DEBATE - will it affect YOU ? 

PA needs YOU …. See you at the AGM. Come and make your voice heard

RATES DEBATE: presentation will be by lawyer Georg Kahle, who will explain the legal framework

We have heard the contradictory reports on the new rating system to be implemented in the City next year: that homeowners will be affected only slightly, while other maintain that the system, which is to be two- or multi-tiered, will be used to take from the comparatively few "rich" to give to the multitudinous poor. Wherever the truth lies, PA has in the past aided residents to deal with unfair rating. This could only happen again if those with relevant knowledge will offer their services. Read all about it at http://www.joburg.org.za/rates/index.stm

Updates on Key Parktown Issues:

RSDF - City of Johannesburg Planning Department accepts our submission.  See the new 2006 RSDFobjectives and interventions

          Parktown West

          Parktown - East of Jan Smuts

See the presentations and minutes of the community input process.

Zero tolerance for illegal building

We don't allow it - please abide by the law - find out how to Stop illegal building in the suburb.

We have recently been affective in stopping illegal building on two important heritage properties in the suburb.

Is your property a note-worthy property in Parktown?

The Parktown & Westcliff Heritage Trust have created a building register of all the noteworthy properties in Parktown.  Check out your property in the building_reqister. It will also tell you if your property is over 60 years old.

Is your property over 60 years old?

If it is, and you wish to do any alterations to the property (even to more recent additions) you must, by law, have approval from the Provincal Heritage Resource Agency as well as City Council planning permission.  We have provided a check list to help residents navigate successfully through the process.

The Parktown Node

The City of Johannesburg has recently designated a large part of Parktown to the east of Jan Smuts as an "institutional node" in an attempt to support existing institutions. They want to encourage development of bookstores, internet cafes, guest houses, hotels, conference centres etc. They will not allow industrial use or large scale retail.  As more information comes to hand well update you with it.

Bus way from Soweto to Parktown

We are still awaiting further details from the Transport Department. They have done a Heritage Impact Assessment on the route, however, for some reason they completely missed including Parktown in the report. We have asked for this to be rectified.  There has been a commitment to do a pollution and noise study. We are yet to see the scope of this report.

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The Parktown Association held it’s 2005 Annual General Meeting on the 23rd November 2005. Click here to read the Chairman’s report.

Click here for the Baylis report on Bus Rapid Transport routes.test......testtest.toni