(A) It shall be the duty of any person about to purchase any premises within the corporate limits of the city, or of any mortgagee, trustee or lien claimant holding any mortgage, trust deed or lien against any premises within the city, to first ascertain from the office of the City Clerk as to any delinquent water or sewer bill, tax, rate, rent or service that may have accrued or be against said premises, before purchasing the premises or instituting proceedings foreclosing said mortgage, trust deed, or lien and to notify the City Clerk in writing as to his intentions of purchasing said property or foreclosing said mortgage, trust deed or lien, and 24 hours notice shall be deemed sufficient notice under this section.
(B) In addition to any other remedy provided herein for the enforcement or collection of any water or sewer tax, rate of rent, all such rates or rents shall be a lien upon the premises and real estate upon and for which the same is used or supplied. Such liens shall attach when the water or sewer bill becomes delinquent, which is hereby declared to be 15 days after the due date of payment as set forth on said bill, and may be enforced together with the cost and penalties by foreclosure in equity in any court having jurisdiction in the same manner and with like force and effect as the foreclosure of liens of mortgages and trust deed.
(Ord. 549, passed 12-22-75)