Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a higher annual base fee for waste collection may be charged to small businesses than to households.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The municipality may use a schematic tariff and charge businesses an additional, moderate base fee because they generally generate additional waste and benefit from the availability of waste collection.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court relied on the polluter-pays principle and the municipality's discretion in designing fees. The tariff need not be strictly proportional to actual waste volume, provided the equivalence principle is respected and no irrelevant criteria are used.