If graffiti removal costs are not paid within the prescribed thirty-day period as required under Section 634.09, said itemized statement shall be filed with the Township Assessor and shall thereupon be assessed against the land in question and become a lien on such property and collected in the same manner as the collection of ad valorem real property taxes, with the same penalties and interest. The amount so charged may be discharged at any time by the payment of the amount specified in the statement, together with interest at the rate of seven percent per year compiled from the time of filing said statement of graffiti removal costs with the Township Assessor. Such amount shall be a debt of the person to whom assessed until paid and, in case of delinquency, may be enforced as delinquent Township property taxes or by a suit against such person.
(Ord. 317. Passed 4-14-97.)