Rates Remission and Postponement Policies Applications received during a rating year will be applicable from the commencement Conditions and Criteria of the following rating year.All applications must be on the prescribed form and will Council will assess the General-Type Uniform Annual Charges and targeted rates not be backdated. [calculated as a fixed amount per rating unit] on the basis of every separately used or Application inhabited part of a rating unit but, the following situations will be deemed not to create a separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit: Council or its delegated officer[s] shall determine whether the criteria are met. In the case of a farm, orchard, other horticultural type property, or business: General -Type Uniform Annual Charges and Targeted Charges on Contiguous Rating Units in Separate • Where the farm, orchard, horticultural operation, or business contains additional accommodation on a rent free basis for the owner, or staff associated with the Ownership, Used Jointly as a Single Entity farm, orchard, horticultural operation or business. Objective of the Policy In the case of a rating unit that contains one additional separately inhabited unit To limit the incidence of multiple charges where a farming or other business entity or dwelling, occupied by family members: consists of a number of contiguous rating units with different owners. • Where members of the owner’s family inhabit the separate part of the property Conditions and Criteria on a rent free basis. Each rating unit must be leased to the operator for a term not less than five years. Applications received during a rating year will be applicable from the commencement The operator must provide Council with a statutory declaration confirming that each of the following rating year.All applications must be on the prescribed form and will unit will be operated as part of the entity. not be backdated. The ratepayer will remain liable for at least one uniform annual general charge-type Application and one set of each type of targeted rate calculated as a fixed amount per rating unit. Council will remit any rates in excess of those payable under this policy. Applications received during a rating year will be applicable from the commencement Urban Residential 2 Greenfields Land in Rural Areas of the following rating year.All applications must be on the prescribed form and will not be backdated. Objective Application To ensure that owners of residential rating units situated in rural areas are not unduly penalised by the zoning decisions of Council. The extent of any remission shall be determined by the Council or its delegated officer[s]. Conditions and Criteria Limitation of General-Type Uniform Annual Charges To qualify for remission under this part of the Policy, the rating unit must: and Targeted Charges in Certain Circumstances • Be situated within an area of land that has been zoned ‘Urban Residential 2 Purpose of Policy Greenfield Zone’ in the Wairau-Awatere Resource Management Plan (Ratepayers can determine how their property has been zoned by inspecting To limit the incidence of General-Type Uniform Annual Charges and targeted rates the Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan, copies of which are available calculated as a fixed amount per rating unit in certain circumstances. from either the District Administration Office or on Council’s website www.marlborough.govt.nz). • Remain unsubdivided ie; subdivision title has not been granted. 2018-2028 Long Term Plan Page 321