Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the municipal fee scheme for water, wastewater, and refuse disposal, based mainly on building insurance value, violates federal law and the Constitution.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The scheme was incompatible with equality and the prohibition of arbitrariness because the fixed base fees, tied to building value, no longer reflected actual use in the case of a luxury property.
Extrahierte Begründung
A causal fee may include a fixed component, but it must remain linked to probable use and be in a reasonable relationship to the variable usage-based part. Here the building value did not reflect the property's actual disposal and supply needs, leading to excessive base fees and unequal treatment.