The Village shall have a lien upon the premises and property of a customer for unpaid bills for water and/or sewer service. Such lien may be enforced by appropriate foreclosure procedures against the premises or property of said customer in accordance with the following:
(A) Suit shall be commenced as hereinafter provided or a claim for lien in the name of the Village shall be filed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, within four (4) months after such bills for water and/or sewer service become due and payable; provided that at least ten (10) days before the commencement of such suit or the filing of such claim for lien, the Village shall have sent a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the premises upon or for which water and/or sewer service was supplied, or the water and/or sewer service was installed or discontinued, addressed as follows:
"To the owner or owners and party or parties interested in the premises at [insert address]", which notice shall state that the Village will commence such suit or file such claim for lien if the bill or bills for water and/or sewer service which have become due and payable are not paid within ten (10) days from the date of such notice.
(B) The claim for lien shall be verified by affidavit of the Superintendent of the Water Department or any of his or her subordinates with personal knowledge of the facts supporting the lien and shall consist of a brief statement of the nature of the claim including:
1. That water and/or sewer service was furnished or water and/or sewer service was installed or disconnected by the Village at the premises;
2. A description of the premises or real property sufficient for identification upon or for which the water and/or sewer service has been furnished or water and/or sewer service was installed or disconnected;
3. The quantity of water and/or sewer service so furnished if registered by a meter, or the amount of the charges for the installation or discontinuance of the water and/or sewer service;
4. That such water and/or sewer service was furnished at rates and charges fixed by ordinance or such charges for installation or disconnection of water and/or sewer service were fixed as provided by ordinance if not registered by meter;
5. The amount or amounts of money due therefor;
6. The dates when such amount or amounts became due and payable; and
7. The date of the mailing of the notice hereinbefore provided.
(C) Suit shall be commenced in the name of the Village to enforce its lien by foreclosure proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction within four (4) months after any water and/or sewer bills become due and payable, and in the case a claim for lien has been filed within four (4) months as provided in the proceeding subsection, such suit shall be commenced within two (2) years after such claim for lien has been filed. Any person interested in premises or real estate affected may be made a party defendant to such suit and any judgment, decree or order of sale of the premises or real estate subject to such lien shall affect only the interests therein of the parties defendant in such suit. (Ord. 2004-20, 6-22-2004)