City of Los Angeles v. Offner

— I dissent.

Section 64.16.1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, as amended in 1957, requires the payment of a fee of $400 per acre as a charge for connection with the city’s outlet sewer facilities. This charge was collected, prior to 1960, separate and apart from any special assessments for local sewer improvements, and the landowners, after being assessed for the local improvements, were required to pay the charge in a lump sum before they could use the local improvement. It is undisputed that the $400 per acre charge for connection with the outlet facilities of the city’s system is…