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THE MARINA DA GAMA - its origin and management of its affairs.
Three large portions of land were subdivided some 40 years ago into a little over 1300 erven to form the Marina da Gama
When the Administrator of the Cape consented to the subdivision of the land, he imposed a condition to be incorporated in the Deed of Transfer under which each erf within the Marina is held; the condition stipulates that its owner shall be a member of the Eastlake (now the Marina da Gama) Association and shall comply with its constitution. Owners of sectional title units are also bound by the condition by virtue of their being joint owners of the erf upon which their unit is built.
It is as a result of this condition that the Marina da Gama is a Home Owners Association instead of a suburb similar to others.
The constitution (a copy of which is available to all Marina residents at the Association office) sets out the aims of the Association and, in general, the mechanism for the management of Marina affairs. Briefly, it provides for the election of an Executive Committee be erven and sectional title unit owners at General Meetings, for the appointment of an Architectural Committee to regulate the design of buildings within the Marina and for the powers which may be exercised by the committees - and I suggest that all owners should read the constitution so as to find out how the affairs of the Association are organised and how they can become involved - whether as a committee member and/or in ensuring that buildings are maintained or the maintenance of public open space lawns and gardens or waterways or in the many other aspects of Marina.