RAYMOND MHLABA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY STREET TRADING BY-LAWS
By-law published in Provincial Gazette number 4184 dated 11 February 2019In terms of and under the provisions of section 156 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality enacts as follows:-
The Municipality, acting in terms of section 6A(1)(a)(i) of the Businesses Act, 1991 (Act 71 of 1991), and –
- having regard to the principles set out in the Act and in the Constitution;
- taking into consideration the need of the residents to actively participate in economic activities; and
- taking into consideration the need to maintain a clean, healthy and safe environment, in this by-law provides mechanisms, procedures and rules to manage street trading.
In the development and management of its obligations and the implementation of this by-law, the municipality also recognises the infrastructural, social and economic disparities and inequalities resulting from previous local government dispensations and shall strive to overcome such disparities and inequalities by supporting the new goals for local government as determined in section 152 of the Constitution.
In the implementation and enforcement of this by-law, the municipality may take into consideration the realities of the Raymond Mhlaba Local area, the different customs, cultures, circumstances, geographical areas, kinds of premises levels of development and conventions and the municipality may use the devices provided for in this by-law, including the application of different norms, standards and guidelines, the granting of exemptions and the utilization of liaison forums.