Ponderosa One Ltd. Partnership v. Salt Lake City Suburban Sanitary District

Plaintiff Ponderosa One Limited Partnership (Ponderosa) appeals from a summary judgment barring its action as untimely. We reverse and remand for a trial on the merits.

Ponderosa is engaged in the construction business. In December of 1984, it paid to defendant Salt Lake City Suburban Sanitary District (the District), the sewer connection fee on an apartment complex that was then under construction. The District is an improvement district established under Utah Code Ann. § 17-6-1 (1987). In May of 1985, it billed Ponderosa for sewer services in the amount of $2,800 for the period from May 1,…