Important Body Corporate Conduct Rules

The conduct rules below were sent to all owners of Rietvlei Park and are common to all Sectional Title Schemes. One could say that they are simply common sense. Sectional Title members need only consider the following phrase: "Living in a Sectional Title Scheme requires equal measures of consideration and tolerance". 

The rules mentioned in this circular are not all the conduct rules, however, they are the rules that cause the most disharmony in our complex, and no doubt in many others.

CIRCULAR

5 June 2019

All Owners/Residents/Occupants,

 RIETVLEI PARK

We hereby wish to remind all owners that Rietvlei Park is a Sectional Title Scheme and need to abide by the Sectional Titles Management Scheme Act, Rules of Conduct specific for Rietvlei park, and per the STMSA 8 of 2011, with the view to achieve a harmonious environment at Rietvlei Park, which will assist in protecting owners investment, and in order to maintain Rietvlei Park as upmarket scheme.

PETS

Application form is available from the Managing Agent, which first needs to be submitted in order to obtain Trustees consent.

We hereby remind all residents with Consent for a pet that the Consent applies only in respect of the Pet/s applied for, and shall expire upon the death or permanent removal of the Pet/s from the premises.

Note: 

The Trustees and the Body Corporate reserve the right to withdraw Consent if the Conditions are not strictly adhered to.

1. Should the dog be taken for a walk on the common property it must be accompanied by the owner and be on a leash at all times.

2. If the dog defecates on the common property it is your duty to pick it up. Under NO circumstances is it to be left or ignored.

3. Owners EUA, exclusive use garden must be cleaned of all dog defecation on daily basis.

4. The owner may not allow the dog on the common property unattended by the owner or left to wonder night or day on the common property on its own.

5. The dog may not bark thereby causing a nuisance to any other section holder in any form at any time night or day.

AGENT SIGNAGE

Kindly note that ‘For Sale’ signs are allowed to be up against the fence for 60 days, and “Sold Signs” for 14 days.

Owners are to please advise the trustees if they intend selling their unit, and which sales agent will be assigned.

PARKING

Please do not abuse the use of the common property Visitor Bays. 

These bays are not to be used for any other purposes, or frequent ad hoc parking by owners/tenants.  This is not allowed and causes a nuisance to other residents abiding by the rules.

APPEARANCE OF SECTION AND EXCLUSIVE USE AREA

(1) The owner or occupier of a section must not, without the trustees' written consent, make a change to the external appearance of the section or any exclusive use area allocated to it unless the change is minor and does not detract from the appearance of the section or the common property.

(2) The owner or occupier of a section must not, without the trustees' written consent—

(a) erect washing lines on the common property;

(b) hang washing, laundry or other items in a section or any exclusive use area allocated to it if the articles are visible from another section or the common property, or from outside the scheme;

KINDLY NOTE:

STSMA 8 of 2011, Conduct Rule 7(4) states that:

“The owner or occupier of a section is obliged to comply with these conduct rules, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any lease or any other grant of rights of occupancy.”

 Your tenant is legally bound to comply with the rules as per the Conduct Rule.

The Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act PMR 3(2) states:

“that a member must take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with the conduct rules by any tenant or other occupant of any section or exclusive use area, including the member’s employees, tenants, guests, visitors and family members.”

 It is the duty of an owner to ensure that his or her tenants and other occupiers, including employees, guests and their family members, comply with the rules.

All owners, Residents, Occupant co-operation will be appreciated. 

Thank you.

For and on behalf of:

THE TRUSTEES OF RIETVLEI PARK BODY CORPORATE