Long Run Baptist Ass'n v. Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District

GUDGEL, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Jefferson Circuit Court. Appellants contend that the court erred by granting a summary judgment, by adjudging that a certain drainage charge collected by appellees is not a tax, by adjudging that the charge does not violate KRS 76.090 and by failing to certify this action as a class action. We disagree with all of appellants’ contentions. Hence, we affirm.

On October 5, 1987, appellants filed a declaratory judgment action challenging the constitutionality of a “service charge” imposed to fund the storm water drainage program…