The Council as the legislative body of the Knysna Municipality makes and implements by-laws, which are local laws specifically created for Greater Knysna.
Click on a link below to access a PDF version of the Council-approved by-law that you want to consult.
By-Laws
26 Available for download
- Roads & Traffic By-Law
- By-law Relating to Community Fire Safety
- Standard Municipal Land Use Planning By-law
- Public Nuisance By-law
- Public Amenities By-law
- Intergrated Waste Management By-law
- By-law relating to the holding of events
- Credit Control, Debt Collection And Indigents Support By-law
- Impoundment of Animals
- Regulation of Outdoor Advertising, Heritage and Building and Aesthetics By-Law
- Property Rates By-Law
- Street Trading By-law Updated Maps
- Tariff By-law 2019
- Informal Trading By-law
- Knysna Rules of Order for Internal Arrangements June 2017
- Recreational Use of Beaches
- Knysna Municipality Standard Municipal Land Use Planning By-Law Gazetted on 2 Feb 2016
- Community Fire Safety
- Knysna Municipality Sporting Facilities By-law
- Knysna Municipality By-law Relating to the Keeping of Dogs
- Knysna Municipality Water and Sanitation Services By-law
- Knysna Municipality Funeral Parlours, Cemetries and Crematoria By-law
- Zoning Scheme By-law
- By-law on Fencing and Fences
- Knysna Municipality Electricity By-law
- Knysna By-law Control of Undertakings that Sell Liquor to the Public 2018
Revised By-Laws
4 Available for download
- Draft SRA
- P&D Item - Draft Amendment of the Knysna Municipality Bylaw on Land Use Management -Annexure A Draft Amendment Knysna Municipal Planning By-Law (2021)
- P&D Item - Review of Knysna Municipality Bylaw Review - Annexure A - Draft Outdorr Advertising Bylaw
- P&D Item - Review of Knysna Municipality Bylaw Review - Annexure B - Draft Building Aesthetics and Heritage