Question juridique clé
Whether the additional water connection fees for renovations violated equality, arbitrariness, proportionality, equivalence, cost recovery, or causation principles.
Solution extraite
The challenge fails; the municipal scheme was not shown to breach federal law or constitutional principles.
Motifs extraits
For water connection fees, the causation principle of wastewater law does not apply. A schematic floor-area based fee, combined with a time factor tied to a 50-year renewal cycle, is not inherently incompatible with equivalence or equality. The scheme may charge supplementary fees for substantial renovations, including non-permit-required ones, and the appellant did not substantiate a cost-recovery violation or a manifestly excessive burden.