MÖD allows reduced water connection fee for storage building based on fair cost allocation.

The Mark- och miljööverdomstolen (MÖD) partially allowed the applicant's request to reduce the water connection fee calculated by the municipality. The municipality applied a standard fee based on gross area, while the applicant argued this violated the requirement for fair cost allocation because the building served primarily as a storage facility with limited water usage. The court decided in favor of the applicant, ruling that the standard calculation method was inappropriate for a building with such restricted utility and that a reduced fee was justified to ensure equitable cost distribution.