Rates Notices 2008/2009
Uniform Charges
The following Uniform Annual Charges apply:
-
Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC) - $690 (all properties)
- Outer Area Rural Sewerage Charge - $158 (for outer area residential properties only, for example, properties that have a septic tank)
- Environment Monitoring Rate - $34 per year (for outer area residential properties
only)
- Wastewater Uniform Annual Charge $405
The general rates portion is added onto these charges and is levied against each property depending on the value of the property.
The business sector share of rates has been maintained at 20%.
Why isn't wastewater charged on a user pays basis?
The Council is prevented (by legislation) to charge for wastewater on a user pays basis. (Auckland City Council is able to charge in this way, as they have set up a separate company, Metrowater, to do this.)
How the rates are set
Waitakere City Council rates properties according to the land value. The Council contracts
Quotable Value NZ (QVNZ) to provide those valuations.
During the year Council advises QVNZ of building consents and new subdivisions that have been approved. Based on this information, QVNZ provides updated values and these are then used to determine the following year’s rates.
Every three years a revaluation of the whole city takes place. The new values provided at this time are then used for the following three years (unless building or subdivision work takes place which affects individual property values).
The annual rate acquirement is determined through the Council's Annual
Plan/Budget process. Once the total rate revenue is decided, this is then
apportioned out to individual properties across the City based on the property's
use (residential/commercial) and the property's land value.
General Rate Differential Rating System
A differential rating system is operated in respect of rates levied on the basis
of land value for the General Rate, whereby different rates in the dollar are applied to properties based on the use of the property, or in the case of vacant land, the activities that are permitted, controlled, or discretionary for the area in which the land is situated, under the operative district plan under the Resource Management Act 1991.
A stepped differential is applied to all properties.
| Multi-Unit Residential |
Land Value Range |
Differential Factor |
| 2 Units |
Step 1 |
$1 - $540,000 |
1.00 |
| Step 2 |
$540,000 - $1900,000 |
0.75 |
| Step 3 |
Greater than $1,900,000 |
0.50 |
| 3 Units |
Step 1 |
$1 - $810,000 |
1.00 |
| |
Step 2 |
$810,000 - $2,850,000 |
0.75 |
| |
Step 3 |
$2,850,000 + |
0.50 |
| 4 Units |
Step 1 |
$1 - $1,080,000 |
1.00 |
| |
Step 2 |
$1,080,000 + |
0.75 |
| 5-9 Units |
Step 1 |
$1 - $1,350,000 |
1.00 |
| |
Step 2 |
$1,350,000 + |
0.75 |
| 10 – 39 Units |
Step 1 |
$1 - $3,000,000 |
1.00 |
| |
Step 2 |
$3,000,000 + |
0.75 |
| 40+ Units |
Step 1 |
$1 - $12,000,000 |
1.00 |
| |
Step 2 |
$12,000,000+ |
0.75 |
| Residential and other Categories |
Land Value Range |
Differential Factor |
| Step 1 |
$0 - $ 270,000 |
1.00 |
| Step 2 |
$270,000 - $950,000 |
0.75 |
| Step 3 |
Greater than $950,000 |
0.50 |
A stepped differential as detailed above applies to the parts of the land values of rating units as specified. The differential factor describes the relationship of the rates in the dollar for each step.
Targeted Rates
Museum Levy
This levy is charged on behalf of the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The Council is obliged to pay this under an Act of Parliament. This is calculated according to the land value of a property. It makes up part of the
General Rate.
Motat Levy
This levy is payable to the Museum of Transport and Technology under the Transport and Technology Act 2000. This is calculated according to the land value of a property. It makes up part of the
General Rate.
Water Supply Rates and Charges
To meet the costs of water supply, including operating costs, maintenance and upgrading of infrastructure, purchase and supply of water.
Uniform Annual General Charge
A Uniform Annual General Charge set under Section 13 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 on all rateable land, being a fixed amount per separately used or inhabited part of a rating
unit
Wastewater Rate
For all rateable residential land, this is a Targeted Rate set under Section
16 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002. It is a fixed uniform charge which
is charged upon each separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit. The
charge applies to all properties with access available to sewer reticulation.
For non-rateable and business properties the level of the wastewater charge is
assessed according to the properties land value.
Rural Sewerage
This charge applies to all properties with no access available to sewer
reticulation and who have a septic tank that is included on Council's pump out
schedule.
Environment Monitoring Charge
A rate levied on all properties in the Non-Drainage area of the City to cover the costs of monitoring and addressing pollution of water courses.
Te Atatu Peninsula Business Improvement District
A rate levied on business sector properties in the Te Atatu Peninsula town centre used to help fund the Te Atatu Business Improvement District Association.
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