A. If the owner fails to request a hearing within the time specified in Section 13.12.070, or if the owner time-ly requests a hearing but fails to appear, or if after a hearing the director's designee decides that delinquent charges and penalties are owing, the director shall file a lien by recording with the Sacramento County recorder's office a certificate or report, in the format specified by the recorder's office. The certificate or report shall identify the owner's name, the real property to which the utility services were rendered, and the amount of the delinquent charges and penalties that remains unpaid seventy-five (75) days following the past due date. From the time the certificate or report is recorded, the amount required to be paid, together with applicable penalties, constitutes a lien in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 5473.11 of the California Health and Safety Code, and may be enforced or collected upon as provided in state law. Thereafter, the lien shall not be released unless and until it is fully paid, is rendered invalid by operation of law, or the director determines that it was recorded in error. The owner is responsible for payment of any fees applicable to the lien release.
B. The director is authorized to determine the minimum amount of delinquency, if any, for recording a lien as provided herein. (Ord. 2015-0011 § 14; Ord. 2013-0014 § 32; Ord. 2011-051 § 2)