(A) When a bill for sewer service remains unpaid for 45 days for monthly service or 45 days for quarterly service after it has been rendered, the City Treasurer shall file with the County Recorder of Deeds a statement of a 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.
(B) 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 the address is known to the Treasurer, whenever the bill remains unpaid for the period 45 days for a monthly bill or 105 days for a quarterly bill after it has been rendered. The failure of the City Treasurer to record the lien or mail the notice or the failure of the owner to receive the notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills.
(C) Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for nonpayment 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. The foreclosure shall be by bill in equity, in the name of the city. The City Attorney hereby is authorized and directed to institute the proceedings in the name of the city in any court having jurisdiction in the matter 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. 0-89-8, passed 6-5-89)