Subcouncil 3

Resolution detail

Not delegated:  for decision by Council:
 
It is recommended that the Subcouncil recommend (in terms of Subcouncil delegation) that the Executive Mayor together with the Mayoral Committee recommend to Council that:
 

1. Based on the process prescribed in the informal trading By-Law, Council adopts the revised informal trading plan for Ward 113, as indicated in Annexures A – C.

2. The areas indicated on Annexures A – C be declared areas in which the carrying on of the business of street vendor, peddler or hawker is prohibited, with the exception of the informal trading bays reflected in Annexures A – C.

3. The areas indicated on Annexures A – C be declared areas that are restricted to persons in possession of a valid informal trading permit issued by the City of Cape Town for the particular trading spaces.

4. The trading bays mentioned in Annexure A – C be let out by means of a permit system and that no street vending, peddling or hawking be permitted in these informal trading bays if a person is not in possession of a valid permit for the particular trading spaces.

5. The trading hours for all approved informal trading sites be seasonally adapted from 06:00 to 19:00 from Mondays to Sundays.

6. Based on the provisions of the Businesses Act, Act 71 of 1991, council to revoke the proclamation published in the Province of the Western Cape:  Provincial Gazette Notice 7515 dated 23 October 2015 where that proclamation is impacted on the demarcated informal trading areas contained in this report.

7. Subcouncil 3 note the comments (Annexure F) from the external public participation process held from 25 February 2020 to 26 March 2020 and support the responses provided by Area Economic Development. 

8. Subcouncil 3 support and recommend to Council that the objections contained in this report be not upheld for the reasons stated in the report.