(A) Lien; notice of delinquency.
(1) Whenever a bill for sewer service remains unpaid for days for monthly service or days for quarterly service after it has been rendered, the City Treasurer shall file with the County Recorder of Deeds a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill, and a notice that the city claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
(2) If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the City Treasurer has notice of this, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his address be known to the Treasurer, whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period 45 days for a monthly bill or 105 days for a quarterly bill after it has been rendered.
(3) The failure of the City Treasurer to record such lien or to mail such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills as mentioned in the foregoing section.
(B) Foreclosure of lien. Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for non-payment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill-in equity in the name of the city. The City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name of the city in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid 45 days in the case of a monthly bill or 105 days in the case of a quarterly bill after it has been rendered.
(Ord. 519, passed 1-18-93)