Fees and Charges 2017-18
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Fees and Charges 2017-18 ECM DocSetID: 398465 All amounts are GST inclusive (15%) Fees are exclusive of any transaction fees imposed by banks ie credit card charges Page 1 of 40 Fees and Charges 2017-18 Index of Fees and Charges Ko Ngā Whakautu 1.Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.Abandoned vehicles ........................................................................................................................................ 5 3.Building consent fees ...................................................................................................................................... 6 4.Bylaw administration, monitoring and enforcement charges ........................................................................... 8 5.Camping permit fee ......................................................................................................................................... 8 6.Cemetery charges ........................................................................................................................................... 9 7.Corridor access request .................................................................................................................................. 9 8.Code of practice for subdivision and development ........................................................................................ 10 9.Council publications for sale .......................................................................................................................... 10 10.Dog control and registration fees ................................................................................................................. 11 11.Electoral rolls ............................................................................................................................................... 12 12.Environmental health ................................................................................................................................... 13 13.Financial contributions ................................................................................................................................. 16 14.Fire permits ................................................................................................................................................. 17 15.Gambling – Class 4 venues and board venues ........................................................................................... 17 16.Hall hire charges ......................................................................................................................................... 17 17.Hire of Council offices and facilities ............................................................................................................. 18 18.Housing (GST exempt) ................................................................................................................................ 18 19.Incidents and events ................................................................................................................................... 18 20.Land information memoranda (LIMs) .......................................................................................................... 18 21.Landfill charges ........................................................................................................................................... 19 22.Legal documents ......................................................................................................................................... 20 23.Library charges ............................................................................................................................................ 21 24.Litter infringements ...................................................................................................................................... 23 25.Liquor licensing ........................................................................................................................................... 24 26.Official information requests ........................................................................................................................ 25 27.Overweight, over-dimension, high productivity motor vehicles (HPMV) and 50MAX................................... 26 28.Parking infringements .................................................................................................................................. 26 29.Photocopying charges ................................................................................................................................. 27 30.Plan, GIS and autocad printing.................................................................................................................... 27 31.Rating rolls .................................................................................................................................................. 28 32.Refuse bags ................................................................................................................................................ 28 33.Resource Management ............................................................................................................................... 28 34.Rural numbering .......................................................................................................................................... 31 35.Sewer connections ...................................................................................................................................... 31 36.South Waikato Sport and Events Centre ..................................................................................................... 31 37.Sportsgrounds and Parks hire charges ....................................................................................................... 32 38.Stock impounding ........................................................................................................................................ 33 39.Street, kerb and crossings and encroachment fence .................................................................................. 34 40.Stock truck effluent facilities ........................................................................................................................ 34 41.Swimming pool charges .............................................................................................................................. 34 42.(Temporary) Road closures ......................................................................................................................... 37 All amounts are GST inclusive (15%) ECM DocSetID:398465 Fees are exclusive of any transaction fees imposed by banks ie credit card charges Page 2 of 40 Fees and Charges 2017-18 43.Traffic management plan approvals ............................................................................................................ 38 44.Tokoroa Airfield ........................................................................................................................................... 38 45.Trade waste................................................................................................................................................. 38 46.Use of Council property for commercial purposes (excluding sportsgrounds) ............................................. 40 47.Water supply ............................................................................................................................................... 40 48.Water connections ....................................................................................................................................... 42 ECM DocSetID: 398465 All amounts are GST inclusive (15%) Fees are exclusive of any transaction fees imposed by banks ie credit card charges Page 3 of 40 Fees and Charges 2017-18 Introduction He kupu whakataki All the fees and charges listed are the maximum that will be required to be paid for any particular service or item. Council reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to charge a lesser Fees and charges are GST inclusive amount for any particular service or item in any case where it is of (at 15% GST) the opinion that that is reasonable and fair, or in accordance with Council policy. If you wish to access a soft copy of the Fees and Charges 2017-18, this document is also available from the Council’s website at www.southwaikato.govt.nz. Council will accept payment by credit card for rates, infringements and other fees and charges. Credit Card Service Fee 2016-17 2017-18 Per transaction to any amount paid by credit card - to cover Council's 1.25% of 1.25% of reasonable costs in processing credit card payments payment plus payment plus .10ȼ per .10ȼ per transaction transaction In order to increase transparency, Council updates the fees and charges during the Long Term Plan process for a three year period. 2017-18 is the final financial year of the current Long Term Plan, so this document includes previous fees for 2016-17 but not proposed fees for 2018-19 as these will be updated in the 2018-28 Long Term Plan process. Every year the cost of providing Council services increases, so most fees and charges are increased annually by the Local Government Cost Index (3%). There are two reasons for not increasing fees by the Local Government Cost Index: 1. Rounding - fees won't