City of Eugene v. Nalven

*722LANDAU, J.

In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, the City of Eugene (City) seeks to compel defendant to connect her residence, located outside the City’s corporate limits, to the City’s sanitary sewer system. Defendant contends that the City cannot compel an extraterritorial connection without providing notice to the affected property owner, holding hearings and establishing the inadequacy of her current system. The City contends that state statutes either expressly or impliedly authorize it to compel connection on demand. Both parties moved for summary judgment. The trial…