Notices

George Municipality will soon boast with a brand-new Motor Vehicle and Registration (MVR) satellite office which includes a drive-through service for license disk renewals – a first in the Western Cape Province. The building is located next to the Blanco Community Hall.

The new Motor Vehicle and Registration satellite office will handle bulk MVR services at the inside counters, and the innovative  drive-through service will only be for customers to renew up to a maximum of two Motor Vehicle Licence’s at a time. The official opening date for the site will be announced shortly.

Please see details below for how to renew your Motor Vehicle Licence using the drive through service.

Blanco Satellite Office
9 George Street, Blanco
Open weekdays 8am-3pm, except Wednesdays closed at 2pm due to compulsory training.

Drive Through Services at Blanco Satellite Office 

1. ONLY Motor Vehicle Licence Renewals can be done at the Drive-through window. (All other transactions must be handled at the Hibernia Street premises.)
2. An official on site will guide vehicles and proceedings at the drive-through in the initial stages.
3. Please have your MVL2 printout or notice number ready. You cannot be assisted without this documentation. (Please note the Road Traffic Management Corporation
   (RTMC) no longer allows you to print a copy of your MVL2 from E-Natis.)
4. Please note a maximum of two licenses can be processed per visit, per person.
5. No cash payments will be accepted, payment is via card only.
6. You must as a vehicle owner, REGISTER on E-Natis in order to receive a notification of the expiry of your MVR.

This is how you register on E-Natis:
Start by registering a profile online at https://online.natis.gov.za/#/  Choose between registering as a business or individual.

1. Enter the following details for Individual: Identification type, Identification number, Initials and Surname.
2. Enter the following details for businesses: Business/Company details – Identification type, Identification number, Company name. Proxy details – Identification type, Identification number, Initials, Surname.
3. Please enter the CAW number of any of the vehicles registered in your name/company name in order to register and then proceed to the next step.
4. Enter your latest cellphone number and E-mail address accurately, along with your chosen Username and password and click on NEXT.
5. You or your company are now registered on the online E-Natis system and will receive your Electronic MVL2 via E-mail or Notice number via SMS, a month in advance of your motor vehicle license expiry date. (Please note the Road Traffic Management Corporation
   (RTMC) no longer allows you to print a copy of your MVL2 from E-Natis.)
6. The amount for the renewal of your vehicle will be on the MVL2 Notice along with all your motor vehicle particulars.
7. If you have previously registered on E-Natis, please ensure that your most recent E-mail address and cell phone number is updated in order to receive notification of your license expiry.
8. Once you receive either an MVL2 notice via E-mail or Notice number via SMS, you may present this to the licensing office for your renewal.
9. Please note that OVERDUE licenses may not be renewed with the MVL2 and Notice number. A green ALV form is required to renew OVERDUE  licenses and cases where the Owner/Company  did not receive any of these notifications.

Bulk Motor Vehicle Registration Counters at Blanco Satellite Office
Two Bulk Dealer MVR Counters are located inside the Blanco premises.

Motor Vehicle Registration and Licencing at Hibernia Street Office
Hibernia Street (next to train station) 044 801 9310 or 044 801 9311 or mvr@george.gov.za
(License renewals, registrations, duplicate registration certificates, permits etc)

Open to public weekdays 8am-3pm, except Wednesdays closed at 2pm due to compulsory training.

George Municipality urges Motorists to follow the above processes and register on E-Natis in order to be ready for the opening of the drive-through service.

A pipe burst occurred on the corner of Circular Drive and Rotary Street in Parkdene. The water supply has been interrupted in this area and the Municipality is attending to the incident. The estimated time of repairs is Three (3) hours. Three trucks have meanwhile been dispatched in the area and are roaming around Parkdene to temporarily supply water.

A portion of Wilderness Heights is to be switched off now for emergency repairs. ETR 3 Hours.

Affected areas:
Watsonia Laan
Berg Str
Moll Line
Silver Lilly Road
7 Passes road
Tien Myl Laan

Issued by George Municipality
26 August 2022
16:35

Power outage on Rosemoore, Brown and Bower streets, fibre contractor damaged feeder cable. Repairs in progress.

Issued by George Municipality
26 August 2022
12:30

PUBLIC NOTICE: UNAUTHORISED HOUSE SHOP ON LAND ZONED FOR SINGLE RESIDENTIAL ZONE I PURPOSES

Issued by the George Municipality

The George Municipal Council approved a revised Policy On House Shops And Other Residential-Based Retail Concerns in November 2021. The revised policy establishes sustainable land use management guidelines to allow the operation of house shops or similar micro-enterprises from residential properties, with specific focus given to low-income residential neighbourhoods such as townships, subsidy housing areas, and informal settlement areas – to ensure their short-term economic sustainability while also facilitating the long-term spatial strategy for these neighbourhoods.

The residential business survey conducted by the George Municipality’s Town Planning Department in March 2022 revealed that of the 308 house shops recorded in the George Municipal area, including Blanco. Pacaltsdorp, Thembalethu, Wilderness, Haarlem, and Uniondale, only five (5) are legal in terms of the Town Planning law. This has therefore necessitated a vigorous drive on rectification of illegal house shops in the greater George area.

The George Municipality has issued notices to all illegal house shops in terms of that are section 85 (1) of the George Municipality’s By-law on Municipal Land Use Planning:

These house shops have utilised land in a manner other than prescribed by a zoning scheme without the approval of the municipality.

These house shops have been instructed in terms of section 86 of the said legislation, to cease the unlawful land use and/or the construction activity or both, without delay or within 30 days of the date of registration of this notice.

1. The house shops can either:

• Apply to rectify the unlawful land use and/or construction activity in terms of section 86(2)(b) of the said legislation within 30 days of date of registration of this notice. However, this must not be construed as an indication that the application will be approved, or
• Demolish unauthorised building work and rehabilitate the land or restore the building to its original form within 30 days of date of registration of this notice.

3. They may object to this notice by lodging written representations to the Municipality within 30 days of the date of registration of this notice in terms of section 87 (6) of the said legislation.
4. The house shop must please note that failure to comply with the above request may result in further action, legal or otherwise, being taken against them in terms of section 88(1)(g)(i)-(v) of the said legislation.

ILLEGAL HOUSE SHOPS GRANTED 3 MONTHS AMNESTY PERIOD TO RECTIFY THEIR OPERATION AND TO AVOID PAYMENT OF PENALTIES OR FINES

As part of the rectification process, all owners and/or operators of illegal house shops or 3^rd party retail concerns, including those who have previously been served a notice, will now be granted an amnesty period of 3 months to rectify their operation and avoid the payment of any penalties or fines. The amnesty will only be granted if the operator can present proof of the shop’s existence prior to the implementation of the new zoning scheme on 1 September 2017 and accepts the General Conditions of Approval for house shops. The granting of amnesty shall not be construed as an indicator of support for their illegal businesses, or that their application will be approved. The amnesty period will close on 30 November 2022.

HOW TO REACH THE MUNICIPALITY FOR RECTIFICATION

The owners can contact the official who issued the notice on the phone number, or the email address provided thereon. They can also visit the offices on the 5th floor, municipal building, 71 York Street. For enquiries, the public can contact our office on Tel: 044 801 9477. They also send an email to town.planning.complaints@george.gov.za to register a service request. There will be a town planner on duty each day to assist with these queries.

Issued by George Municipality

26 August 2022