Legal Opinion

Cape Concord Homeowners Assn. v. City of Escondido

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 5, 2017No. D069620PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

NARES, J.

California law requires a local agency to refund sewer service fees paid for which no sewer services were provided. (Gov. Code, 1 § 53082, subd. (b).) Where a person paid such fees and is still residing at the same location, the local agency is required to refund such fees “in their entirety” upon determining “the premises is not connected to the sewer system.” (§ 53082, subd. (c).)

Here, from 1980 through 2012, the City of Escondido (City) supplied water through a single water meter to a residential condominium homeowners association and starting in 2006 billed for sewer…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. County of San Diego v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008
  2. Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2015
  3. In Re Estate of BreardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
  4. People v. HubbardCalifornia Supreme Court · 2016
  5. Utility Audit Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Becerra v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty., California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
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  5. Durkin v. City and County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2023

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