Kernrechtsfrage
Legal nature of the municipal 'hydrants fee'
Extrahierter Entscheid
The charge is a recurring usage fee for maintaining the fire-water facilities in operational readiness, not a tax, contribution, or connection fee.
Extrahierte Begründung
The ordinance is based on the cantonal regulations for development charges and fees; under that framework only causal charges are possible. A yearly recurring charge tied to a fraction of the building insurance sum cannot be a contribution or connection fee, but fits the concept of a usage fee.