The Harare City Council has embarked on a property valuation exercise for all its non-residential properties aimed at coming up with a valuation roll for ease of billing.
The council last carried out a similar exercise in 2008.
Valuation rolls are lists of properties compiled for the purposes of billing and taxation.
The Urban Councils Act provides for the creation of valuation offices by councils.
However, the period can be extended by a further five years subject to a ministerial consent by statutory instrument.
“The assessment will only be carried out on non-residential properties. This assessment requires determining the size of land and the location, of which for residential properties, can be retrieved from the land records in our system,” he said.
A valuation roll has to be updated every 10 years.