Rates Remission and Postponement Policies • The extent to which the preservation of natural, cultural or historic heritage will decision is final as there are no statutory rights of objection or appeal, for valuations of be promoted by granting remission of rates on the rating unit. this nature. • The degree to which features of natural, cultural or historic heritage are present The extent of any remission shall be determined by the Council or its delegated on the land. officer(s) and will be based on valuations supplied by its valuation service provider. • The degree to which features of natural, cultural or historic heritage inhibit the economic utilisation of the land. Land Affected by Natural Disaster Application Residential Land Affected by Natural Disaster The extent of any remission shall be determined by the Council or its delegated Objective of the Policy officer[s] on a case by case basis. To enable rate relief to be provided where the use that may be made of any land used for a private residence has been detrimentally affected by natural disaster. In granting remissions under this part of the Policy, the Council may specify certain conditions before remission will be granted. Applicants will be required to agree in Conditions and Criteria writing to these conditions and to pay any remitted rates if the conditions are violated. Council may remit wholly or in part, any rate or charge made and levied in respect of Residential Land in Commercial or Industrial Areas the land, where it considers it to be fair and reasonable to do so. Objective All applications must be on the prescribed form. To ensure that owners of residential rating units situated in commercial or industrial areas are not unduly penalised by the zoning decisions of this Council and the former Application authorities. The extent of any remission shall be determined by the Council or its delegated officer[s]. Conditions and Criteria To qualify for remission under this part of the Policy, the rating unit must: General -Type Uniform Annual Charges and Targeted Be situated within an area of land that has been zoned for commercial or Charges onNon-Contiguous Pastoral Rating Units • industrial use. (Ratepayers can determine how their property has been zoned Objective of the Policy by inspecting the Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan and the To provide relief from General-type Uniform Charges and Targeted Charges on rural Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan, copies of which are available pastoral land which is non-contiguous, provided it is farmed as a single entity. from either the District Administration Office, the Picton Service Delivery Centre, or on Council’s website www.marlborough.govt.nz). Conditions and Criteria • Be listed as a “residential” property for differential rating purposes. Ratepayers Non-contiguous pastoral units may qualify for a remission of uniform annual general wishing to ascertain whether their property is treated as a residential property charges and targeted rates calculated as a fixed amount per rating unit where Council may inspect the Council’s rating information database at the District agrees that the economics of each farm property are inter-dependent on the other. Administration Office, or obtain that information from the rate records on The ratepayer will remain liable for at least one uniform annual general charge and one Council’s website www.marlborough.govt.nz. set of each type of targeted rate calculated as a fixed amount per rating unit. Application Only one residential unit can exist on the qualifying rating units except where the farm Following triennial revaluation Council will direct its valuation service provider to contains accommodation on a rent free basis for the owner or staff associated with the prepare a valuation that will treat the rating unit as if it were a comparable rating unit farm. elsewhere in the District.Ratepayers should note that the valuation service provider’s 2018-2028 Long Term Plan Page 320