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Estate News

• VANDALISM BY KIDS THE USE OF GENERATORS
Fines have been issued to the parents/ Undoubtedly, all of us are experiencing the discomfort of load-shedding. To ensure
guardians of the children that were good neighbourliness in these circumstances, you are kindly reminded of the rules
caught. The Estate Management kindly and regulations regarding the use of generators:
requests that – should a resident 5.2.13.14.1. Generators must be positioned out of sight from the street front.
be aware of an incident – to please 5.2.13.14.2. Generators must have a manufacturer’s low noise level function
inform the Estate Manager regarding measuring 75d/m (seventy-five).
the incident. This kind of information 5.2.13.14.3. If the generator is installed on the outside of the building, it
enables us to plan where to place our must be screened off to the satisfaction of the HOA Board.
Security Officers in order to prevent 5.2.13.14.4. All visible cabling must be placed in an approved duct as
anti-social behaviour of this nature. prescribed in the industry and to the satisfaction of the HOA.
• DOGS RUNNING FREELY IN THE 5.2.13.14.5. All generators must be equipped with a change-over switch.
ESTATE 5.2.13.14.6. It is the Owner’s responsibility to ensure that the installation is
The Security Officers do catch any dogs done according to the relevant laws, by-laws and regulations.
running in the estate, for their safety and 5.2.13.14.7. Members must comply with these guidelines.
to avoid disturbance of the residents in 5.2.13.14.8. Generators must be fitted with an industrial, recognised
the estate. silencer to reduce the sound to 55dB during the day and
• GENERATORS 45dB during the night.
Kindly find alongside the rules and 5.2.13.14.9. A member will be liable to furnish the Home Owners
regulations regarding the use of Association with a dB-certificate in the instance of a
Generators. complaint received from neighbours. If the member fails to
furnish such certificate within seven (7) days from requesition
by the Estate Management, the Home Owners Association
will have the right to obtain such certificate at the cost of
such member.
5.2.13.14.10. If a generator is positioned next to a boundary wall, the
written permission of the neighbours must be obtained.
5.2.13.14.11. Any part of Rule 5.2.13.14 not adhered to shall carry a penalty
of R5 000.00.

RESIDENTS RIDING BICYCLES IN OR
OUT OF THE ESTATE
There was an incident during the last
month, where a resident who exited the
estate, rode between the booms at the
exit gate, not using his/her fingerprint
on the biometric reader to open the
boom gate.
Residents are kindly reminded that no
person may exit or enter the estate without
either using the i-Neighbour application
or their fingerprint on the biometric
reader. This is an essential requirement,
to ensure the safety of all residents in the
estate, including the cyclist.

TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
The Estate Management has started The experience of the Estate
with a definite exercise to measure the Management is that many vehicles are
speed of the vehicles in the estate, and speeding as they approach the camera,
to record the details of the vehicles and when the driver sees the camera,
driving through the stop streets without he/she slows down.
stopping. As a reminder, our speed limit is

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