duty of care - sschedule · knysna municipality bins must be animal proof 4 school site removal of...

Revision Date Initials

0 Jan-13

1 28-Feb-13

3 06-Apr-134 22-May-13

5 28-May-13

Primary Delegated

1 Parking Area Rem 394 Public Parking Clearing washed soil and gravel

Cutting of trees encroaching on road, parking

or access*

Trimming vegetation at verges

Re-painting lines

Clearing refuse from parking and adjacent bush

Maintaining refuse bins

2 Old Wagon Road Municipal Street Clearing washed soil and gravel None

Maintain guard house, barriers and boom

Cutting of trees encroaching on roads or

access*


Repairs to concrete strips

Repairs to beach access subject to full EIA

Point 2 comment changed

Knysna MunicipalityLeased and administered by Knysna

Municipality

Concrete Strips, no cross drains, minimal

pedestrian space, small guard house,

boom controlling access, turning area at

bottom, chained off parking for beach

houses at bottom

1.1 Parking area, 1.2 End of Divisional Road P1771

Knysna Municipality

Erven on the beach have specific permits

from Marine and Coastal Management

to access their properties by driving on

the beach. Due to washaway of the end

of the Old Wagon Road, access has

become difficult, and at times

impossible. If long term repairs are

contemplated, an EMMS and OSCAE

permit will need to be applied for, and is

thus not covered by this document

No

Details

Issued for approval of Planning & Implementation Unit of Garden Route National Park

Approved by SAN Parks, Revised per NCOA Committee Comments

Approved by SAN Parks, Revised per NCOA Committee Comments

Responsibility

Pezula Private Estate

All items with an asterisk * may only be carried out in terms of this DoC if a separate valid permit has been issued to the landowner by the Department of Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to the landowner or his designated deputy. Subject

to such a permit, trimming may be done for safety, access and to prevent damage to property. It may not be done to retain or improve a view.

Importa

nt

Notices

In terms of this General DoC the permitted activities may only be undertaken on the existing footprints as obtaining as at January 2013 and as recorded in the photographs.

Cut material from alien clearance, domestic gardening, mowing and minor trimming of verges up to a height of 1.8 m along paths and roads and including reeds cleared to maintain an existing access point on the same footprint must be

cleared to a central point and removed from Noetzie to an approved dump-site.

Parking Area End of Div Road 1771

CommentArea Erven Status Condition Permitted Acivities

Tarred area at end of Div Road 1771 ,

some parking on verges

Leased by Knysna Municipality from PPE?

2.1 Boom and guard house, 2.2 Strip Road and beach parking, 2.3 Strip road, 2.4 Turning area, 2.5 Washed away end of Old Wagon Road

Name changed to Duty of Care

DUTY OF CARE - SSCHEDULE

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE NOETZIE CONSERVANCY – PART OF THE BUFFER ZONE OF THE GARDEN ROUTE NATIONAL PARK

Schedule - Duty of Care (DoC),

Primary DelegatedNo

ResponsibilityCommentArea Erven Status Condition Permitted Acivities

3.1Beach and Public

ToiletsMunicipal Toilets Often poorly maintained and dirty Repairs to concrete and wooden steps

Access steps in very poor condition Cleaning, servicing and dosing septic tank

Water supply problematic Provision of water

Cutting of trees encroaching on houses, roads

or access*


Clearing access steps from beach

3.2 Beach

Six or eight

Municipal refuse

bins along beach

and at toilets

Beach often littered with plastic etc,

especially in season

Bins frequently overflow

Removal of refuse

Clearing of flotsam and refuse from BeachKnysna Municipality Bins must be animal proof

4 School Site Removal of aliens

Maintenance of paths

5 Headland stands Private erven Gardening on existing footprint None

Alien clearance


or access*


Maintenance of fire-breaks

6.1


or access*



Maintenance of drains and paving

Clearing washed soil and gravel

5.1 Fire break below erf 74, 5.2 Firebreak below erf 72, 5.3 Driveway to erf 72

Rem 394

and PPE

Private road over

Rem 394 by

private agreement

Steep track to parking area, cross drains,

partly paved with grass-blocks with gravel

turning / parking area

Owners of erven 85,

86 and 22

Permanent water connection should be

obtained from Montrose Castle.

Additional signage should be provided

Enviro-toilets to be considered

Steps are dangerous and need repair

Department of

Transport and Public

Works

3.1 Public Toilets, 3.2. Steps from beach, 3.3 Wooden steps to Old Wagon Road, 3.4 Damaged steps.

Individual owners

Knysna Municipality

1Owner of erf 74 has

taken responsibility

71, 72, 74

to 81

Ten erven of which two erven, (74 and

72) are developed

UndevelopedCleared at private expense and partially

re-vegetated with fynbos

Access to erven 18, 19,

22, 85, 86

Primary DelegatedNo


6.2High level path to

western erven

High level stone / concrete path to give

access to western erven at high tides

Repairs to storm damage

Cutting vegetation encroaching on path verges


and Knysna

Municipality across

Thoroughfare

Owner of erf 85

7 Gardening on existing footprint Individual owners None

Alien clearance

Maintenance of access steps

Cutting vegetation encroaching on houses or

paths*

8.1 91 Private Erven Noetzie Castle Gardening on existing footprint

8.2 35,36 Montrose Castle Alien clearance

8.3 34 Pezula Castle


or access*


8.4 32 Undeveloped erf Maintaining access steps / ramps

8.527, 28, 29,

30, 31, 33Loewen Castle and five private residences

Maintaining access road to Noetzie Castle

Cutting trees encroaching on road *

Note : Erven on the beach have specific

permits from Marine and Coastal

Management to access their properties

by driving on the beach. This is

impossible as at the end of 2012 due to

washaway of the end of the Old Wagon

Road. If repairs are contemplated they

will trigger full BAR / EIA / OSCAER

Permits and are thus not covered by this

DoC

Individual ownersIndividual owners

6.1 Entrance to Private Road, 6.2 Grass block road, 6.3 Cross drain, 6.4 General view of road, 6.5 Parking area

Development planned for erf 22 is

subject to full BAR, EIA, OSCAER Permits

and is not covered by this document

Erven on Main Beach

Four erven of which one (erf 85) is

developedPrivate erven

Erven on Western

beach

18, 19, 85,

86, 22

7.1 Access steps from parking above, 7.2 Entrance from beach (Motor vehicle access no longer permitted)

Public Open Space - Nature

Reserve

6.6 Steps to high level path, 6.7 Path, 6.8 Path

Primary DelegatedNo


9 90 Municipal steps Clear refuse on steps and in adjoining bush Knysna Municipality None

Clear sand / debris


or access*


Maintain steps and handrails

Access steps to beach

Steep stone / concrete steps with

handrail leading off private road to

Noetzie Castle with status of Public

Pedestrian Right of Way

9.1 Bottom of steps, 9.2 Steps middle, 9.3 Steps upper, 9.4 Entrance to steps from Pezula Roads, 9.5 Top of steps

8.6 Access to erf 29, 8.7 Access to erf 28, 8.8 Access to erf 27

8.1 Access to Montrose Castle from beach, 8.2 Access to erf 33, 8.3 Access to erf 31, 8.4 Access to erf 31, 8.5 Access to erf 30

9.6 Pezula Road, 9.7 Pezula Road, 9.8 Perzula Road - fork to Pezula Castle, 9.9 Entrance and pedestrian access, 9.10 Signage at pedestrian entrance

Primary DelegatedNo


10.143, 42, 44,

45, 46, 47

Steep track with concrete strips in

precarious condition

Clearing washed soil and gravel and cross

drains

Maintenance / emergency repairs to concrete

strips and retaining walls


or access*


10.2 Rem 394

10.349, 50, 51,

53

11 Parking area Rem 394Parking for erven

54 to 63Cleared area in indigenous forest


Cutting of trees encroaching on parking or

access*



Supervisor delegated

by Noetzie Home

Services Association

Allocated for use by owners of erven 54

to 61

11.1 Parking for erven 54 - 63, 11.2 End of private track


by Noetzie Home


Private Track

Track through indigenous forest with

stone splash crossing at stream


Emergency repairs to stream crossing / erosion

control


or access*


Owners of Riverside

erven in terms of

written Private Track

Access Agreement

Private Track

governed by

mutual written

agreement

between riverside

owners

10.6 Track bottom, 10.7Stream crossing, 10.8 Berms at driveway to erf 47

10.1 Private track at gate, 102 Track - strips, 10.3 Track strips, 10.4 Track drains, 10.5 Nuxia floribunda in danger of collapse

Primary DelegatedNo


12.1 Driveway to erf 47 Owner of erf 47



13

Stream behind erven

47 & 48Rem 394

Stream through

indigenous forest

Open stream going into concrete pipe

behind erf 48 and emerging into open

channel in erf 46

Clearing washed debris & rocks to maintain

flow

Maintenance of flood control berms

Repair stone wall above culvert entrance, exit &

bridge

Clear channel to lagoon

Pezula private Estate

and Owners of erf 46

& 48


by Noetzie Home


14.1 Beach Various points Deteriorating Removal of refuse and recyclables Knysna Municipality

14.2 Parking Parking More bins needed Removal of refuse and recyclables Knysna Municipality

14.3 Refuse container Rem 394Clearing of refuse by Knysna Municipality

Repairs to container

On Rem 394 - owned

by Pezula Private

Estate

Individual owners Recyclable to be separated

Maintained by Supervisor delegated by

Noetzie Home Services AssociationPezula Private Estate

14.1 to 14.3 Refuse containers on beach, 14.4 Refuse container behind erf 49

12.1 Berm at entrance to erf 47, 12.2 Berm behind erf 48, 12.3 Entrance to erf 49

Wooden animal proof container for refuse pending collection

by Knysna Municapilty

Bins to be animal proof

Rem 394 Track through indigenous forest

Refuse collection


Maintenance of flood control berms and walls


or access*


13.1 Stream behind erf 48, 13.2 Entrance to culvert, 13.3 Exist from culvert on erf 46, 13.4 Bridge and channel drain to lagoon from erf 46

Primary DelegatedNo


15 Footpath47,48 &

52, 53



or access*


Noetzie Home



by Noetzie Home


16 Boardwalk

Timber boardwalk with handrail on river

side running from below erf 52 to end of

erf 61

Maintenance / oiling

Cutting of trees encroaching on paths or

access*


Knysna Municipality


by Noetzie Home


Delegated by Knysna Municipality and

responsibility assumed by NHSA to avoid

deterioration

17.1Serving

61, 62, 63

17.2

Serving

56, 58, 59,

60, 88

17.3

Serving

erf 54 &

55

17.4Serving

erf 52

17.5

Serving

erf 51 &

53

17.6 Serving 41

15.1 Footpath over erf 53 to boardwalk, 15.2 Footpath to boardwalk

Opening in reed bed 3m x 3 m

Stone steps to stone retaining wall on lagoon 5 m long

Boat launching sites

Municipal Boardwalk along

lagoonside in Public Open

Space - Nature Reserve

Channel 30 m x 1.5 m wide long through reed beds

Section of boardwalk, stone wall 4 m long, channel 10 m long

x 2 m wide through reed beds



Accepted pedestrian way between erven

Cut reeds must be cleared from Noetzie

and may not be dumped in the water or

reed beds

No motorised craft are permitted on

Noetzie Lagoon

Boats and windsurfers must give way to

swimmers

16.1 to 16.3 Boardwalk

Repairs to existing banks and stone walls,

Cutting and disposal of reeds offsite to

maintain, but not increase, existing footprints

Clearing of storm debris

Individual owners

served by launch siteNone

Primary DelegatedNo


17.7 Reed beds

Sometimes damaged through high water levels

Encroach on waterways, launch site, grass

SAN Parks


by Noetzie Home


18.1

Repairs to existing banks and stone walls,

Cutting and disposal of reeds offsite to

maintain, but not increase existing footprints


SANParksIndividual owners

served by launch site



reed beds

No petrol or diesel motorised craft are

permitted on Noetzie River


swimmers

18.2 Commonage

Publc

Open

Space -

Nature

Reserve

Grassed area in

front of erven 45

to 49

Maintained and kept clean

Gardening on existing footprint on private

erven

Trimming of vegetation for access *

Mowing of grass


Knysna Municipality


by Noetzie Home


Stone harbour with stone side walls - left 7 m, cross 5m,

right 12 m with 3 sets of steps and opening in reed beds 5 m

x 3 m

Harbour - Serving 8 erven - 42 to

49 plus other Noetzie Residents

18.1 Harbour from lagoon, 18.2 Harbour from Public Open Space, 18.3 Harbour right side (channel from culvert)

Boat launching access - 17.1 and 17.2 - For erven 61, 62, 63, 17..3 and 17.4 - For erven 56, 58, 59, 60, 88, 17.5 For erven 54 & 55

17.6 For Erf 52, 17.7 For Erven 53 & 51, 17.8 Steps to harbour wall for erf 41, 17.9 Google Image

Public Open Space / Nature Reserve and banks of Lagoon



reed beds

No motorised craft are permitted on

Noetzie Lagoon


swimmers

Primary DelegatedNo


19


access*


Mowing of grass


Knysna Municipality


by Noetzie Home


Note: At times of high lagoon water

levels, the path in front of erf 50

becomes flooded and access is then

permitted over a path through erf 50

20


access*


Repairs to path and steps

Knysna Municipality

Delegated by Knysna

Municipality and

responsibility

assumed by NHSA

21.1

41 to 54,

88, 58, 59,

61

Private erven

15 developed erven 41, 43, 42, 44, 46, 47,

48, 49, 51, 53, 52, 54, 88, 59, 61,

members of NHSA

Gardening on existing footprint and mowing

lawns

Alien clearance,

Dosing of septic tanks

Maintenance of access


Cutting of trees encroaching on houses, paths

or access*

Individual Owners


by Noetzie Home


Note Proposed development on erf 58 is

subjet to full BAR / EIA at present

underway and will then join NHSA

21.2

40, 55, 56,

60, 62, 63,

65

Private erven 2 developed on erven 62 & 65

Gardening on existing footprint and lawns

Alien clearace,

Maintenance of access and steps *

Cutting of vegetation encroaching on houses

paths or access*

Owners None

Riverside erven

Pedestrian access along Public

Open Space - Nature ReserveGrassed areas in front of erven 52, 53, 51 to 45

19.1 & 19.2 Path below erf 50

20.1 Path lower, 20.2 Path middle, 20.3 Steps, 10.4 steps end, 20.4 path to picnic area

Pedestrian access along Public

Open Space - Nature Reserve

Path through indigenous forest in front of erven 45, 44, 42,

43, 41, 40, 65, 84

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