(A) Pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-35-617 and with respect to the town’s sewage system, in the event any tenant of an owner neglects, fails or refuses to pay when due, after assessment of the same by the town of any rates and charges as fixed by the ordinances of the town and thereafter the owner, after notification of such tenant’s neglect, failure and refusal to pay the same, likewise neglects, fails and refuses to pay when due and after assessment the rates and charges fixed by the Board of Trustees of the town for the connection with and use of said sewer, the user thereof shall not be disconnected from said sewage system or refused the use of said sewer unless the user thereof is outside the municipal limits, but the rates and charges due therefor may be certified by the Clerk of the town to the Board of County Commissioners in which said delinquent owner’s property is located on or before November 1 of each year and thereupon and until paid shall be a lien upon the real property so served by said sewage connection. The lien shall be levied, certified, received or collected by sale, annually from year to year by the proper county officials, as are county taxes, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted each month to the town.
(B) To the extent permitted by law, and with respect to the town’s water supply system, in the event any tenant of an owner neglects, fails or refuses to pay when due, after assessment of the same by the town of any rates and charges as fixed by the ordinances of the town and thereafter the owner, after notification of such tenant’s neglect, failure and refusal to pay the same, likewise neglects, fails and refuses to pay when due and after assessment the rates and charges fixed by the Board of Trustees of the town for the connection with and use of said water, the user thereof may be, at the option of the town, disconnected from said water system and refused the use of said water and, in addition, the rates and charges due therefor may be certified by the Clerk of the town to the Board of County Commissioners in which said delinquent owner’s property is located on or before November 1 of each year and thereupon and until paid shall be a lien upon the real property so served by said water connection. The lien shall be levied, certified, received or collected by sale, annually from year to year by the proper county officials, as are county taxes, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted each month to the town.
(Ord. 1989-1, passed 3-9-1989)