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This feature class identifies all of the river and drainage rates schemes of Horizons Regional Council. If a property falls within a rates scheme, then it will be charged an appropriate amount of rates. The rates are generally based on the level of benefit that a property recieves from Horizons Regional Council river or drainage protection (eg. stopbanks) or maintenance (eg. cleaning drains). A Scheme (eg. Lower Manawatu) is broken down into a Classification (eg. Flood protection) and then a Differential (eg. F4). Classifications are catergorised by their rate type. Rate types are either Area (ha), Capital Value, Land Value or a Uniform Rate. Each differential (eg. IN,F4,DR) incur a specific rates charge that is dependent on the Classification rate type.This feature class must be used in conjunction with the 'Rates_schemes_points' feature class. Last updated 25/11/2013 by N.Batchelor, Catchment Information.Please read the 'Notes' column as it may contain important information |