(A) Bills not paid on or before the fifteenth of the month succeeding the month in which the bill was rendered shall be considered delinquent. The village shall send a re-billing statement with the $10 penalty to the owner of the premises, the occupant thereof, and the user of the sewer service, at the address of the premises and at the address at which the applicant and owner have registered with the village with respect to water service, if different. Such rebilling statement shall also include a notice stating that if the re-billing is not paid by the twenty-fifth of the month succeeding the month in which the initial bill was rendered then the delinquent charges may create a lien on the premises pursuant to division (B) below.
(B) (1) If the re-billing is not paid by the twenty-fifth of the month succeeding the month in which the initial bill was rendered, the delinquent bill may constitute a lien upon the premises for which sewer service is supplied. The Village Clerk be and is hereby authorized and directed to file with the County Recorder of Deeds a notice of lien upon the premises. The filing of such statement shall be deemed notice of the lien for said sewer service.
(2) This notice shall consist of a sworn statement setting out a legal description of the premises served, the amount of money due for sewer service, including recording fees and the costs of verifying the legal description on the premises on which such lien is attached, and the date when such amount became delinquent. Premises subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be foreclosed in the manner as provided by law.
(Ord. 2013-04, passed 5-6-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 3-15-2021; Ord. 2023-02, passed 4-1-2023) Penalty, see § 52.99