Fees & Charges

Dog Registration Fees 2023/24

Carterton District Council has set the following dog registration fees inclusive of GST for each and every dog of or over the age of 3 months for the financial period commencing 1 July 2023 and ending 30 June 2024 registered in the Carterton District.

Impounding Fees

Cemetery

• Headstone permit $42
• Family back-fill $420

Plots

• Lawn $1150
• Lawn – Child under 1 year old $205
• Lawn – Child over 1 year old and below 10 years old $360
• Cremation $265
• Cremation – Child under 1 year old $165
• Cremation – Child over 1 year old and below 10years old $260
• Extra depth charge $470

Interment

• Lawn $790
• Cremation $230
• Child under 1 year old $135
• Child over 1 year old and below 10years old $335
• Servicemen $785
• Out-of-town burial fee $1260
• Saturday burials $1260
• Saturday burials – out-of-town $1525
• Placenta (interment administration fee) $27

Disinterment

• Actual cost

Natural Burial

• Plot (2x standard fee) $2300
• Interment (as above) $790
• Compost (cost includes topping-up within first 3 years) $320
• Tree (cost includes planting) $160
• Natural burial fee (at cost) $255
• Out of District fee $1260

Private burial service

• Chapel: $65

• Complaint-driven investigation resulting in issue of improvement notice by Environmental Health Officer $120 per hour
• Application for review of issue of improvement notice $120 per hour

• Verification of template Food Control Plan*: $390 for first 2.5 hours then $160 for every additional hour
• Renewal of registration for food premises $160
• Amendment to registration $95

*Includes: booking appointments, checking prior history, travel time, actual time on-site, completion of reports, lodging of results to Ministry of Primary Industries and Council database and follow up on Corrective Action Requests

Rentals (per issue)

• Fiction books (including re-issues) Free
• Magazines Free
• DVDs – children’s (one week) Free
• DVDs – adult (one week) $2

Fines

• Adult book – first week Nil
• Per week thereafter Nil
• Children’s books – first week Nil
• Per week thereafter Nil
• Reserves Nil

Inter-loans

• Per book, article or subject request $10
• International inter-loan $30USD
• Charges from other libraries Actual cost

Other

• Lost library book Replacement Cost

Administration Fees

Photocopying – per page

• A3 black and white $0.40
• A4 black and white $0.10
• Double-sided black and white – add 10 cents per page
• A3 colour $0.60
• A4 colour $0.40 [Double-sided colour – add 20 cents per page]

Laminating 

• A4 $2.20 per page

• Entry fee adult/child [per person] Free
• Schoolgroups* [per child per season] Free
  *schools are responsible for lifeguard arrangements and associated costs

• Association Football [per ground] $595
• Cricket Association $105
• Athletic Club $595

Additional charges may be levied for additional services, including pitch preparation and repairs

Annual Registration and Inspection

• Hairdressers $200
• Motels/Boarding Houses $200
• Itinerant trader – annual registration including inspection $280
• Camping Grounds/Motor Home Parks $250
• Hawkers licence $150
• Hairdressers, beauticians, tattooists, skin piercers $250
• Funeral directors $250
• Offensive trades – septic tank services, waste or refuse cartage $250
• Saleyards $250
• Street stall licence $30 per week
• Health inspection for events where food will be sold, or inspection on request $150
• Gambling venue applications $600
• Removal of abandoned vehicles Actual cost plus 10%
• Noise control – recover all reasonable costs associated with second and subsequent noise complaints investigated from the same property
• Noise/health-related complaints under the RMA and Health Act 1956 – recover all reasonable costs associated with investigating/resolving the matter
  

• Controlled activity (other than minor land use) $1200
• Restricted Discretionary – non-notified $1500
• Discretionary activity $2000
• Permitted boundary activity $320
• Non-complying $2500
• Heritage items Free

Additional Charges

• Public notification $5000
• Limited notification $2500
• Pre-hearing $530
• Post decision – requested changes $600
• Additional processing time above 5 hours (per hour) $200
• Section 127 variation to consent $1500
• Section 223 RMA certificates $500
• Section 224 RMA certificates $650
• Any other certificate $650
• Monitoring compliance with resource consents – cost, with maximum of: $2000
• District Plan changes – deposit only (applicants are required to meet the full cost of processing applications) $20,000
• Land Information Memorandum (LIM)  *refund less $50 admin fee, if cancelled within 1-2 working days $250
• Land Information Memorandum (LIM) – urgent service *no refund if cancelled $450
• Other external reports, e.g. engineers, commissioners, solicitors, special advisors (indicative charges between $150-$300 per hour) Actual cost
• Hearing Administration Fee + cost of Commissioners $1500
• Infrastructure Contribution:
  Sewerage: $2300
  Water: $2300
  Stormwater: $1150
• Infrastructure Contribution – Waingawa Industrial Zone :
  Sewerage: $2990
  Water: $2990
  Stormwater: $1495
• Roading Contribution – Residential, Commercial and Industrial Zones 2% of land value + GST
• Roading Contribution – Rural Zone 3% of land value + GST
• Reserve Contribution – Residential, Commercial and Industrial Zones 3% of land value + GST
• Reserve Contribution – Rural Zone 2% of land value + GST
• Monthly building consent lists $25
• Officer consultation $200 per hour

Service Fees

• Water connection Actual cost
• Sewer connection Actual cost
• Water/Sewer Standover $120
• Administration fee $95
• Combined sewer and water connection Actual cost
• Standard vehicle crossing Actual cost
• Applications for water race draw off $160
• Applications for piping or relocating water race (plus expenses) $160
• Clearing sewers (property owner boundary to main) Actual cost
• Damage to road reserve Actual cost

• Water connection Actual cost
• Sewer connection Actual cost
• Water/sewer standover fee $120
• Administration fee $95
• Combined sewer and water connection Actual cost
• Standard vehicle crossing Actual cost
• Applications for water race draw off $160
• Applications for piping or relocating water race $160 plus expenses
• Clearing sewers (property owner boundary to main) Actual cost
• Damage to road reserve Actual cost

General refuse

• Car boot or SUV – up to 100kg (incl GST) $32.50
• Small trailer, van or ute up to 1.8m x 1.2m x 0.4m high or up to 250kg (incl GST) $76.40
• Large trailer – up to 1.8m x 1.2m x 0.8m high or up to 500kg (incl GST) $100.20
• Weigh in/out (minimum $20.00) per tonne (excl GST) $275 per tonne

Green waste

• Car boot or SUV – up to 100kg (incl GST) $6.30
• Small trailer, van or ute up to 1.8m x 1.2m x 0.4m high or up to 250kg (incl GST) $15.40
• Large trailer – up to 1.8m x 1.2m x 0.8m high or up to 500kg (incl GST) $20.50
• Weigh in/out (minimum $20.00) per tonne (excl GST) $67.80 per tonne

Tyres

• Car and 4WD tyres – up to 4 tyres on rims (each) (incl GST) $6.10 each
  Car and 4WD tyres – over 4 (excl GST) $670 per tonne
  Truck tyres (excl GST) $670 per tonne

E-Waste (electronic waste)

• Small consumer items (e.g. mobile phones, GPS, digital cameras) No charge
• Small/Medium items (e.g. keyboards, docking stations, modems, routers, stereos, gaming consoles) $5
  Large items (e.g. TV’s, computer monitors, printers, scanners, fax machines, microwaves) $20
  Photocopiers $50

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Metered water: $1.90/m³ for usage greater than 225m³ per year

Visit our Water Meter page for more information.

Connected $147
Metered water $2.68 per m3
Metered water – high volume [>50,000 cubic metres per year] $1.98 per m3

Metered for principally commercial/industrial use $2.15 per cubic metre taken 
Metered for principally horticultural use  $1.25 per cubic metre taken