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Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

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Water Treatment Rates<br />

Water Treatment Rates will be assessed under sections 16 &<br />

17 and Schedule 2 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002.<br />

Water Treatment Rates will be collected by way of a fixed<br />

charge on each dwelling connected to the applicable water<br />

supply requiring the new treatment.<br />

This charge will be set on a differential basis based on location<br />

and will be charged to those dwelling connected to the following<br />

water supplies:<br />

• Waipara Township Water Supply<br />

• Waiau Rural Water Supply<br />

• Cheviot Water Supply<br />

• <strong>Hurunui</strong> Rural Water Supply<br />

It should be noted that the new treatment proposed for the<br />

Ashley Rural Water Supply will be funded as part of its standard<br />

water rates.<br />

The Water Treatment Rate requirement funds the following<br />

activities:<br />

• <strong>District</strong> Wide Water Treatment (part of the Water<br />

Supplies group of activities).<br />

Sewerage Rates<br />

Sewerage Rates will be assessed under section 16 of the Local<br />

Government (Rating) Act 2002. Sewerage Rates will be collected<br />

by way of a fixed charge per separately used or inhabited part<br />

of a rating unit which is either connected to the scheme or<br />

for which connection is available. This charge will be set on a<br />

differential basis based on location and the provision of service<br />

(with the categories being “connected” and “serviceable”).<br />

Rating units which are not connected to the schemes and which<br />

are not serviceable will not be liable for this rate. A residence<br />

of not more than one household is deemed to have one water<br />

closet (toilet).<br />

The Sewerage rate requirement funds the following activities:<br />

• Sewerage group of activities.<br />

Stormwater/Drainage/Land<br />

Protection Rates<br />

Stormwater/Drainage/Land Protection Rates <strong>Council</strong> will be<br />

assessed under section 16 of the Local Government (Rating)<br />

Act 2002. The Stormwater/Drainage/Land Protection Rates will<br />

be collected by way of: a rate based on the land value of each<br />

rating unit; a fixed charge per hectare of land within a drainage<br />

area; or per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit in<br />

each stormwater/drainage/land protection area. This charge will<br />

be set on a differential basis based on location.<br />

• The Stormwater and Drainage Rate requirements fund the<br />

following activities (all part of the Stormwater & Drainage<br />

group of activities).<br />

• Jed River Drainage<br />

• Amberley Stormwater<br />

• Hanmer Springs Stormwater<br />

• The Land Protection Rate funds the following activity:<br />

• Amberley Beach Erosion Protection Works (part of the<br />

Stormwater & Drainage group of activities).<br />

Tourism<br />

The Tourism Rate will be assessed under section 16 of the Local<br />

Government (Rating) Act 2002. In terms of section 2 of the Act,<br />

the categories of land to be assessed with the targeted rate have<br />

been determined by:<br />

• The use to which the land is put.<br />

• The capital value of the improvements on the land.<br />

• The location of the land.<br />

It is intended that the Tourism Rate will be phased out with the<br />

funding for the Tourism activity to come from another source,<br />

which is still to be determined.<br />

The targeted rate is assessed on the following:<br />

1. All rateable properties within the Ward of Hanmer<br />

Springs that are used for any use other than solely<br />

private use, or emergency services buildings, or that are<br />

used for any use other than an economic farming or<br />

forestry unit, but only to the extent that the unit is used<br />

solely for farming or forestry purposes; or<br />

2. All rateable properties within the <strong>Hurunui</strong> district<br />

that hold either a On, Off or Winemakers License as<br />

required by the Sale of Liquor Act 1989 except Sports<br />

Clubs; or<br />

3. All rateable properties within the <strong>Hurunui</strong> district that<br />

hold a Health License as required by the Food Hygiene<br />

Regulations 1974 except Sports Clubs, Hairdressers,<br />

Abattoirs, Apiaries, holders of a minor food licence; or<br />

4. All rateable properties within the <strong>Hurunui</strong> district that<br />

are used for accommodation purposes on commercially<br />

zoned land with a land use category of CAPA, CAPB; or<br />

5. All rateable properties within the <strong>Hurunui</strong> district that<br />

are used for the sale of petroleum products with a land<br />

use category of CSP; or<br />

6. All rateable properties within the <strong>Hurunui</strong> district that<br />

are used for Commercial Tourism operations with a<br />

land use category of CTP.<br />

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