DRAFT BYLAW
Sapoa takes on Joburg over outdoor advertising
The property owners’ body says council oversight is a conflict of interest
The SA Property Owners’ Association (Sapoa) is taking the City of Johannesburg to the high court on Monday and Tuesday over new outdoor advertising bylaws it says are onerous and target private property owners for specific fiscal penalties not applicable to council land. Sapoa CEO Neil Gopal said at an annual media breakfast on Friday that the organisation needed to intervene on behalf of its members. Sapoa has about 1,000 members, including real estate companies, architects, quantity surveyors and property service providers. “According to the city’s own report, approximately 70% of all advertising boards in the city are illegally erected, with the majority on council land. The same fiscal penalties do not apply to illegal structures on council land,” he said. The City of Johannesburg advertised its draft outdoor advertising bylaw for comment in June 2017. The bylaw was approved on March 20 this year and was supposed to be promulgated in May, but Sapoa secured an interdict that prev...
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