Any billing remaining unpaid for work performed by the Township in connection with enforcement of the Property Maintenance Code shall be at the option of the Township filed as a municipal lien in accordance the provisions of the Municipal Claims and Tax Lien Act, 53, P.S. § 7501 et seq., as amended [the “Act”], or collected under usual means of civil action or as otherwise provided by law, including the collection of costs and reasonable attorney’s fees as authorized by the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq., as amended. Any bill which shall be entered as a lien pursuant to the Act, shall include all penalties, simple interest at the rate of 10% 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. 2007-05, 7/9/2007, § 1; as added by Ord. 2010-02, 7/26/2010, § 1)