Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council
Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council
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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