Sustainable Development and City Enterprises
To assist the City Manager in the development, co-ordination and implementation of the cities’ Corporate Plan.
Sustainable Development and City Enterprises
This Office will assist the City Manager in the development, co-ordination and implementation of the city’s Corporate Plan, including:
• Sustainable development
• Co-ordination of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP)
• Co-ordination of priority and special projects
• Co-ordination of city entities
• Area based management
Development Planning & Management
This Office will maintain, implement, manage and enforce the spatial development framework.
Economic Development
This Office will maintain, implement and facilitate the economic development strategy of the municipality.
City Enterprises
This Office will co-ordinate and oversee the activities of the economic agencies of the Council and to ensure their alignment with the strategic vision of the Council and compliance with corporate governance requirements.
Business Support
This Office will ensure the development of a comprehensive business support system including support of large, medium and micro enterprise sector, support and management of informal trade, regional investment facilitation, rural economic development support.
Head
This Office will ensure the provision and management of market facilities and control of municipal markets.
Further information
Strategic Focus Areas:
• Sustainable development
• IDP Coordination
• Priority Projects
• Business development and promotion
• City Entities
• Area-Based Management: 5 learning areas
Outputs for these Units will include:
• Provision of strategic advice on how to achieve an optimum environment to encourage investment and job creation within eThekweni Municipality.
• Economic development co-ordination and facilitation.
• Development facilitation
• Rural economic development
• Provide support to small, medium and micro enterprises.
• City Enterprises
• Implementation, management and enforcement arm of Spatial Development Framework to ensure public health and safety.
• Provide land use advisory services.
• Land surveying
• Approved diagrams, general plans, sectional plans, beacon locations, legal reports rulings
• Topographical plans
• Monitoring plans
• Geographical information
• GIS User Support / Consultancy
• Land Information
• Stick-map / road-block
• GIS Cadastral base data
• Aerial photography, digital scans
• Micro-field documents
• Plan reproduction and photographs service
• Town Planning – a well planned environment
• Policies on Town Planning
• Advice on environmental protection and conservation
• Urban management planning, solutions and information
• Packaged sites for Council and private investment
• Integrated management solutions in respect of Council / private industry projects involving building developments
• Plans in accordance with National Building Regulations
• Buildings in accordance to plans
• Preparation and management of town planning schemes and zoning
• Support the development of area frameworks, regional plans and IDP process.
• Approve township establishment
• Street naming
• Traffic and transport planning
• Provision of facilities and support (including cash collection in part) to enable fresh produce, (bulk and small quantities) flowers, poultry and ancillary goods to be sold and bought.
• Stands, advice and support to informal and emerging traders