PROVISIONS RE WATER RATES AND METERING

Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 161, 25 February 1955, Page 7

PROVISIONS RE WATER RATES AND METERING

Half Rates On Properties Not Supplied l.cgnl i'( m | u i rci nci 1 1 x wilh rcgnrd 1»> water rates are laid flowu in Serlinns or». titi and 07 of the Municipui ( 'oi'porat ions Aet. 10.11. whicli coinos inlo I'oree »n tlie lirst day of April next. Section 05, niuongst otlier- tliing.s, provides tliat water rates for the ordinary supply of water to lands and dwellings shall he Otlier uniform rates. or gnidwited rates. bused on tlio annual valne. P»ut in districts wliore 1 1 h k system oi* rnt'ing on the uniniproved value is in I'oree wilh respeet to water rates. as it is in Taupo, ihe rouncil eannnt niake >:• levy water rates in respeet of the wfl.inary supply under the provixions oi Section 05. Tliis is laid down by Sectimi 0t>, whicli pics on to provide fhat in such districts. the rouncil uiay inakc and lcvy a water l'ate on all lands and dwellings to whicli water is suppli'vl, on the uniinproved value. Such l'ate sliall not exceed the. equivale.nt of a rae of oue penny in the pound on the eapital value of the lands and dwellings. But if the rate wouUl produce less tlian oue pound. a chargo of not niore tlian oue pound rnay he niade and levied. On all lands and dwellings to whicli water can be. but is not, supplied. and situated within oue hundred yards from any part of the waterworks. tlie rate cannot exceed half of the rates nientioned. This is also the case with all buildings otlier tlian dwellinghouses. Section 07 of the Aet tlien provides that the Council may, with the consent of the Governor-Genenil in Council, niake and levy water rates iu respeet of the ordinary as well as of any extraordinary supply, according to the quantity of water consunied as nieasured by nieter, at such rates or charges as may from ti ino to timo be lixed b\' any by-law oi tlie 1 ouucil. Wliei'c any land or huilding becoiues liable to a water rate aftor the date fixed for the yearly or halfyearly payment. a part ord.Y oi the rate is payable, proportionate to the unexpired part of the year or halfyear. Whare water is .supplied to a new huilding not valued in the valuation roll t lien in force. the rouncil valuor umler the Kating Aet lixes the amIuo for water rate purposes. and water ra t es nro payable accoi'dingly untii Ihe next rate hook is made up.