Service Charges
Community Wastewater Management System (Section 155 of the Act)
Council provides a Community Wastewater Management System (CWMS) to defined properties in the township of Kingston. Council recovers the cost of operating and maintaining this service through the imposition of a service charge. The collected CWMS service charge is as follows:
- $337.00 for each unoccupied property unit
- $511.30 for each occupied property unit.
Mobile Garbage Bins (Section 155 of the Act)
Council provides a kerbside mobile garbage bin collection and disposal service across the Kingston township, Rosetown, Wyomi, Pinks Beach, Cape Jaffa and connecting roads as detailed in Council's 'Mobile Garbage Bin Collection & Disposal Service Policy'. Where the service is provided to non-rateable properties, a service charge is to be levied against the land. The Mobile Garbage Bin Service Charge levied by Council is $266 for each service provided to the property.
Regional Landscape Levy
Kingston District Council is in the Limestone Coast Landscape Board and is required under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 to collect the Landscape Levy. In 2023-2024, the Regional Landscape Levy will continue to be based on ‘local government land use’.
The following landscape levies are applicable per rateable property:
- $86.00 for Residential, Vacant and Other
- $131.20 for Commercial
- $210.00 for Industrial
- $375.00 for Primary Production
Council does not retain this revenue or determine how the revenue is spent.