Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a sewer connection fee may be charged for a building that is not connected to the sewer system because it is functionally linked to a connected main building.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Under § 29(1) sentence 2 KER, the fee is calculated only on the insurance value of connected buildings; an unconnected barn cannot be included merely because it is part of the farm operation.
Extrahierte Begründung
The wording of the regulation refers to 'connected buildings'. Even assuming exceptions for special functional unities, this case did not qualify: the barn had its own independent wastewater system, was larger in value than the house, and including it would violate the equivalence principle because no corresponding municipal service was rendered.