Refresh your knowledge on basic Durban by-laws

Small actions like hanging items on walls, balconies and verandas can get you a fine.

It’s been a few years since the enforcement of the new by-laws. Details of the by-laws first emerged in late 2015.

So to refresh your memory, small actions like hanging items on walls, balconies and verandas can get you a fine according to the eThekwini Municipality: Nuisances and Behaviour in Public Places By-law:

Some laws involve the public and what you can’t do:

Spitting
Perform any sexual act
Appear in the nude or expose his or her genitalia
Consume any liquor or be in a state of intoxication
Use any drugs or be under the influence of drugs
Solicit or importune any person for the purpose of prostitution, human trafficking or other illegal business
Engage in gambling or wagering

Vegetation

No person may allow any tree or other growth on any premises under his or her control to interfere with any

public service infrastructure
Communal services infrastructure such as, but not limited to, overhead wires, storm water drainage or sewerage system
Become a source of annoyance, danger, inconvenience or discomfort to persons using a public road.

No person may dry, spread or hang washing, bedding, carpets, rags, or any other item in a public place or:

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