Following community engagement feedback received during July 2025, we have made amendments to our proposed By-laws for Roads and Township Bird Management. We are seeking feedback on the proposed amendments to both By-laws as detailed below.

Proposed amendments to By-law No. 4 Roads

In July 2025, we proposed a key change to the existing By-law to include a new section covering residential waste bin management. This section included a timeframe for placing domestic waste, recyclables and green organics containers on the kerbside for collection.

Following community feedback:

• We have increased this timeframe by 10 hours, to allow bins to be placed on the kerbside from 6.00am the day prior to collection.
• The timeframe for waste bins to be returned to properties remains at up to 24 hours after waste collection.

The draft By-law continues to include the following changes that were engaged on in July 2025. We are not seeking further feedback on these changes.

• Detail around the positioning of domestic waste containers on the roadside.
• A new section covering residents altering the vegetation within council verges.

Proposed amendments to new By-law No. 7 Township Bird Management

In July 2025, we proposed a new By-law covering the ownership of livestock, roosters and bee management within designated townships.

Following community feedback:

• This By-law no-longer considers the ownership of livestock and bee management.
• This By-law restricts the ownership within townships, of roosters and pigeons. Residents wishing to have rooster or pigeons within townships will require permission from Council. This approval process will not incur a fee to residents.

You can view both draft By-laws under the Document Library.

Sharing your feedback

You can share your feedback on the proposed amendments in any of the following ways:

• Complete the online feedback form below
• Email your feedback to engage@ahc.sa.gov.au
• Mail a letter to Community Engagement, 63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling SA 5152
• Phone 8408 0400
• Collect a hardcopy feedback form from any AHC Library or Customer Service Centre and submit via any of the ways listed above or by handing into our Council Service Centres or Libraries at:
  • Coventry Library, 63 Mt Barker Rd, Stirling
  • Woodside Service Centre, 26 Onkaparinga Valley Road, Woodside
  • Gumeracha Civic Centre, 45 Albert Street, Gumeracha
  • The Summit Community Centre, 4 Crescent Dr, Norton Summit

This engagement closes at 5pm on Tuesday 23 September 2025.

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Background

By-laws are local laws created by Council to manage issues specific to areas under our care and control – from pets to waste, trees and signage.

Some By-laws are in place to protect the comfort and safety of our community while others seek to prevent damage to local government land.

We review our By-laws every 7 years to ensure they meet the current needs of our community and to meet our obligations under the Local Government Act 1999. There are some things we cannot create by-laws for, for example, things that are the responsibility of state or federal government.

During July 2025, we asked for our communities feedback on proposed changes/revisions to our existing six By-laws as well as a proposed additional By-law for Livestock and Bee Management.

To view the proposed changes and revisions that were engaged on during July 2025 and find out what we heard from our community, please follow the links below:

Council Decision and Next Steps

At the Council Meeting held on 12 August 2025, Council endorsed the revisions/changes to existing By-laws:

• No. 1 Permits and Penalties
• No. 2 Moveable Signs
• No. 3 Local Government Land
• No. 5 Dogs
• No. 6 Cats

In line with community engagement findings, Council resolved to re-engage on the below revisions to By-law No. 4 Roads and proposed new By-law No. 7 Domestic Livestock and Bee Management.

• By-law No. 4 Roads – The timeframe for bin positioning on the kerbside has been increased by 10 hours to allow bins to be placed on the kerbside from 6.00am the day prior to collection. The timeframe for waste bins to be returned to properties remains at up to 24 hours after waste collection.
• By-law No. 7 Domestic Livestock and Bee Management – Bee management and hooved livestock ownership have been removed from this By-law. The newly named By-law No. 7 Township Bird Management will now focus on roosters and pigeons within designated townships.

During September 2025, we will reopen community engagement seeking feedback on the proposed revisions to By-laws No. 4 and 7.