# CoJ Land Use Scheme

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### REVIEW OF THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG LAND USE SCHEME.

The public was invited to submit written comments on the Review of the City of Johannesburg
Land Use Scheme 2018 in terms of Section 7(5) of the Rationalisation of Local Government
Affairs Act 1998, Section 12 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act no 32
of 2000..

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### REVIEW OF THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG LAND USE SCHEME

The public is hereby invited to submit written comments on the Review of the City
of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme 2018 in terms of Section 7(5) of the Rationalisation
of Local Government Affairs Act 1998, Section 12 of the Local Government Municipal
Systems Act no 32 of 2000.

The Land Use Scheme, 2018 adopted and approved in terms of the City of Johannesburg
Municipal Planning By-law, 2016, (as amended 2023), gives effect to the City’s Municipal
Spatial Development Framework and determines the use and development of land within
the City’s area of jurisdiction to promote:

 1.  a.  Economic growth, social inclusion, and efficient land development.
     b.  Minimal impact on public health, the environment, and natural resources.
     c.  Guarantee the right to sustainable cities, urban land, housing, environmental
         management, urban infrastructure and service delivery, transportation, public
         services, work and leisure for current and future generations.
     d.  Democratic administration using the participation of both the individual property
         owner and representative associations of the various segments of the community
         in the formulation, execution, and monitoring of urban development projects, 
         plans and programmes.
     e.  Cooperation between governments, private initiatives, and other sectors of society
         in the urbanization process, in service of the social and economic interest.
     f.  Planning and sustainable development of the Municipality, through the management
         and coordinated promotion of growth across the city along with desirable development,
         to correct the distortions of historical planning systems and their negative 
         effects on the environment.
     g.  Supply of urban and community equipment, transportation, and public services 
         adequate for the interests and needs of the population and the local characteristics.
     h.  Management of land use, to enable and facilitate efficient, effective, and compatible
         urban development, the coordination of urban growth, a responsive environment
         the upgrading and rejuvenation of certain areas in the city, and effective environmental
         management.
     i.  Fair distribution of the benefits and burdens resulting from the urbanization
         process.
     j.  Adaptation of tools of economic, tax and financial policy and of public spending
         to the objectives of urban development, to give priority to investments.
     k.  Simplification of the legislation concerning subdivisions, land use, occupation
         and building regulations, to permit a reduction in costs and an increase in the
         supply of erven and housing units.
     l.  Equality of conditions for public and private agents in the promotion of developments
         and activities related to the urbanization process, serving the social and economic
         interests.

The Scheme is a key land use management and urban development tool that guides, 
controls, and directs the use of land in the city.

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