(A) The amount of any utility bill which is delinquent shall constitute a lien upon the real estate for which services were rendered.
(B) The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file sworn statements showing such delinquencies in the office of the Recorder of the county and the filing of such statements shall be deemed notice for payments of such charges for such utility services.
(C) No such lien shall be defeated upon proof that such utility service was used or contracted by a tenant of the premises or occupant thereof other than the owner.
(D) If the user of the utility service whose utility bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the Village Clerk has written notice of this fact, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises, if an address is known to the Village Clerk, whenever such utility bill remains unpaid until the tenth day of the month next following the due date of the utility bill. Said notice shall be by first class mail.
(E) The failure of the Village Clerk to mail or deliver such notice, or the failure of the owner of said premises to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid utility bills as provided herein.
(F) If payment of any amount due for utility service, additional charges when the same becomes due, shall not be made as provided in this subchapter, the village may file or cause to be filed a complaint if the Circuit Court of the county for foreclosure thereof in the same manner as a foreclosure of a real estate mortgage.
(Ord. 487, passed 10-1-2007)