(a) Any fee and accumulated penalties due and payable under this article shall be a debt due the City. It shall be a personal obligation of the fee payer and shall be a lien upon the real and personal property of the fee payer. This lien shall have priority over all other liens except those due the State of West Virginia and the United States of America.
(b) The lien created by this section shall continue until the liability for the fee and accumulated penalties is satisfied. The City Finance Director, in conjunction with the City Legal Department, shall issue his certificate of release of any lien imposed pursuant to this section upon finding that the liability for the amount assessed has been fully satisfied or has become legally unenforceable.
(c) The lien created by this section shall be subject to the conditions and restrictions in Chapter 38, Article 10 C of the State Code of West Virginia.
(Ord. 15299. Passed 8-20-19.)