22 No. 2572 PROVINCIAL GAZETTE, 24 JULY 2015 D. GENERAL TOWN PLANNING CONDITIONS (applicable to all erven) (a) Except with the written consent of the Council, and subject to such conditions as it may impose, neither the owner, nor any other person shall: - (i) Save and except to prepare the erf for building purposes, excavate any material there from; (ii) Sink any wells or boreholes thereon or abstract any subterranean water there from; (b) Where, in the opinion of the Council, it is impracticable for stormwater to be drained from higher-lying erven direct to a public street, the owner of the lower-lying erf shall be obliged to accept and / or permit the passage over the erf of such stormwater: Provided that the owners of any higher-lying erven, the stormwater from which is discharged over any lower lying erf, shall be liable to pay a proportionate share of the reasonable cost of any pipeline or drain which the owner of such lower lying erf may find necessary to lay or construct for the purpose of conducting the water so discharged over the erf. (c) The siting of buildings, including outbuildings, on the erf and entrances to and exits from the erf to a public street system shall be to the satisfaction of the Council. (d) The registered owner is responsible for the maintenance of the whole development on the erf. If the Council is of the opinion that the erf or any portion of the development is not being satisfactorily maintained, the Council shall be entitled to undertake such maintenance at the cost of the registered owner. (2) BUSINESS 1 The Erf shall be zoned “Business 1” Erf 1 is subject to the following conditions: (a) The erf and the buildings erected thereon, shall be used solely for the purposes of shops, business purposes, residential buildings, dwelling houses, places of public worship, places of instruction, social halls, sport and recreational purposes and institutions and with the special consent of the Council all other uses except noxious industries. (b) The height of buildings shall not exceed 2 [two] storeys except with the consent of the Council. (c) The Floor Area Ratio shall not exceed 1.4. (d) The coverage of the buildings shall not exceed 70 %. (e) Effective parking together with the necessary manoeuvring area shall be provided on the erf to the satisfaction of the Council; (f) Buildings, including outbuildings hereafter erected on the erf shall be located not less that 3m from any street boundary: Provided that the Council may relax this restriction or any other building line restriction if such relaxation would in its opinion result in any improvement of the development of the erf.