(A) When a system development charge is due and payable, the permittee may apply for payment in 20 semiannual installments, secured by a lien on the property upon which the development is to occur or to which the utility connection is to be made, to include interest on the unpaid balance, if that payment option is required to be made available to the permittee by ORS 223.207.
(B) The City Council or designee shall provide application forms for installment payments, which shall include a waiver of all rights to contest the validity of the lien, except for the correction of computational errors.
(C) A permittee requesting installment payments shall have the burden of demonstrating the permittee’s authority to assent to the imposition of a lien on the property and that the interest of the permittee is adequate to secure payment of the lien.
(D) (1) The City Council or designee shall docket the lien in the lien docket.
(2) From that time, the city shall have a lien upon the described parcel for the amount of the system development charge, together with interest on the unpaid balance at the rate established by the Council.
(3) The lien shall be enforceable in the manner provided in ORS Ch. 223 and shall be superior to all other liens pursuant to ORS 223.230.
(Prior Code, § 2.15.100) (Ord. 228, passed 3-7-1994; Ord. 379, passed 12-1-2008)