Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this Part shall be a lien on the property where the occupied building connected to and served by the sewer system is located and any such sewer rentals and or charges which are not paid within 30 days after each quarterly billing date, at the discretion of the Township, shall be filed as a lien against the aforesaid property so connected to and served by the sewer system, which lien shall be filed in the Office of the Prothonotary of York County, Pennsylvania, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and collecting of municipal claims under the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Act, 53 P.S. § 7501 et seq., as amended [the “Act”]. Any bill which remains unpaid after which notice has been given pursuant to the Act, and which shall be entered as a lien pursuant to the Act, shall include all penalties, simple interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum, costs of filing, and attorney’s fees for legal services rendered in connection with the filing, enforcement and removal of the lien in accordance with an hourly rate equal to the Township Solicitor’s regular rate for litigation charges to the Township.
(Ord. 97-7, 5/27/1997, § 12.19; as amended by Ord. 2007-07, 9/24/2007, § 3)