City alerts residents on its General Valuation Roll
The City of Ekurhuleni is compiling the fourth General Valuation Roll and requests access to the City’s residents in carrying out inspections.
The City of Ekurhuleni is compiling the fourth General Valuation Roll and requests access to the City’s residents in carrying out inspections.
As part of compilation process, the municipal valuer and the team will have to physically inspect some properties.
The municipal valuer is responsible for valuing all properties in the area and preparing a valuation ‘roll’.
This is to consider and decide on objections and attend appeal board hearings.
The general valuation roll under compilation will be implemented from July 1, 2021, and be valid until June 30, 2025.
Physical inspections for purposes of compilation of the general valuation roll started on February 4, and will continue until January 26, 2021.
About the roll
The valuation roll consists of property information of all rateable properties within the boundaries of the municipality for determination of assessment rates.
Nhlanhla Cebekhulu, City of Ekurhuleni spokesperson, urged owners of income producing properties and specialised properties to give their cooperation.
“Owners of income producing properties and specialised properties are also requested to cooperate with the municipal valuer when requesting information.
“This will assist in valuing such properties. Information may include leases, plans for existing buildings and financial statements,” he said.
Inspections
The team will be carrying out inspection wearing a uniform, which will be lime T-shirts, yellow bibs and white cricket hats/caps.
Cebekhulu told the RECORD that the City will also use tools in conducting its inspections.
“With about 700 000 properties in Ekurhuleni that must be included on the valuation roll, it is impossible to gain access to all properties within a year.
“The City also uses tools such as pictometry, geographic information system (GIS), Aerial photos and views of some areas to determine value on those properties,” he said.
Regulation
In terms of Section 41(1) of the Municipal Property Rates Act as Amended (MPRAA), the valuer of a municipality, assistant municipal valuer, data collector or other person authorised by the municipal valuer in writing, may;
• Between 7.30am and 7pm on any day except a Sunday or public holiday, enter any property in the municipality that must be valued in terms of this act (MPRAA); and
• Inspect that property for the purpose of the valuation.
• If a person authorised by a municipal valuer in terms of subsection (1) is not in possession of an identity card in the prescribed format containing a photograph of that person, the municipality must issue to that person such a card.
For validation, contact Lereku Leku on 011 999 4906.
