Special Charge Schemes are used to pay for infrastructure that benefit peoples land. They are paid for by the land owner.
Our Special Rates and
Charges Policy guides how work costs are shared. It follows
the Local Government Act 1989.
- Calculating community
benefit – footpaths
- Calculating community
benefit – roads, shoulders (parking), kerb and channel and streetlighting
- Drainage
Amounts to be recovered from benefitting properties owners under SRC
schemes will become due and payable at a date set by the City, regardless of
the payment option chosen.
Benefitting
property owners will be sent
a method of payment form where they will be able to select from four payment
options.
The payment options are:
- Pay in full within 28 days interest free.
- Pay in two quarterly instalments over six months interest free.
- Pay in eight quarterly instalments over two years.
- Pay in twenty quarterly instalments over five years.
Interest will not
be charged in the first six months provided owners adhere to their chosen
payment plan. After that, interest will be charged quarterly on the remaining
balance. The interest rate will vary in line with the City’s overdraft rate.
If owners do not adhere to their chosen repayment plan interest will be
charged.
Within 12 months of
the scheme being Declared, invoices will be sent to property owners.
Financial Hardship
We
understand that significant hardship can be experienced by members of our
community.
The City will consider an application for financial hardship
relief confidentially and objectively based on the information provided by the
person in the application
and will advise of its decision in writing after receiving the application and
all supporting information.
You can apply for financial hardship via the online form.
Estimating the cost of works
All schemes are competitively tendered to ensure the
best cost achieved, until then,
we rely on estimated costs provided by engineers. If we choose to move forward
with the project, we prepare detailed plans and cost estimates. We then inform benefitting
property owners about the expected costs and start date of the project.