The charges for garbage and rubbish disposal services are hereby recognized to constitute a lien on the premises served thereby and whenever any such charges against any piece of property shall be delinquent for six months, the City official or officials in charge of the collection thereof shall certify to the tax assessing officer of the City the fact of such delinquency, whereupon such charge shall be entered upon the next tax rolls as a tax against such premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general City taxes against such premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced. In addition, the City can apply the charges and collection mechanisms for delinquent water and sewer bills to unpaid garbage and rubbish collection bills as part of the City’s utility billing process.
('88 Code, Title II, Ch. 21, § 2.15) (Ord. 170-5-82, passed 5-3-82; Am. Ord. 285-5-90, passed 5-7-90; Am. Ord. 554-08-05, passed 8-1-05)