A. The service charge shall be a civil debt owing the city from the owner, occupant or person in possession, charge or control of the location of the alarm unit.
If an invoice for the service charge is unpaid sixty (60) days after mailing, a penalty of ten percent shall be charged, and an additional one and one-half percent per month shall be charged until the charges and penalties are paid in full.
If court action is taken to enforce nonpayment of charges, the user or property owner shall pay all reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the city.
B. Any charges authorized pursuant to this chapter which remain unpaid after the delinquent date as set forth may be collected thereafter by the city as provided in this section.
1. The city council shall cause a report of delinquent charges to be prepared periodically. The council shall fix a time, date and place for hearing and report and any objections or protests thereto.
2. The city council shall cause notice of hearing to be mailed to the property owners listed on the report not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the hearing.
3. At the hearing, the city council shall hear any objections or protests of property owners liable to be assessed for delinquent charges. The city council may make such revisions or corrections to the report as it deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed.
4. The delinquent charges set forth in the report as confirmed shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of land, and are a lien on the property for the amount of such delinquent charges plus administrative costs. A certified copy of the confirmed report shall be filed with the city clerk, or auditor appointed by the city council, for amounts of the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll. The lien created attaches upon recordation, in the office of the county recorder, of a certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of city ad valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such assessment.
(Ord. 93 § 1 (part), 1993: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 11.60.011)