[Adopted 10-3-1989 as Ch. 160, Art. IV, of the 1989 Code]
All delinquent sewer rentals now paid or heretofore
paid by said Borough as provided shall be a lien on the properties
charged with the payment thereof upon the effective date of this article
and, if not paid after 30 days' notice, may be collected by an action
of assumpsit in the name of the Borough and against the owner or lessee
of the property charged or by distress of personal property on the
premises or by a lien filed in the nature of a municipal lien or by
any other method or procedure in the manner allowed by law for the
collection of municipal claims.
Notice, as herein set forth, shall be given
to the legal owner thereof, if the same is known, or to the lessee
or to the person in possession of said property, if the same is known,
by registered mail deposited in any United States Post Office and
directed to the address of said property or by posting three notices
in the nature of handbills signed by the Secretary or Solicitor of
said Borough on the premises.
The amount liened, claimed and collected shall
include interest and the costs of the proceedings used in said collection.
A.
On and after September 1, 1962, there shall be added
to and charged thereto an assessment, charge or penalty as set forth
form time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, to each individual
delinquent account and on each building account, and the same is hereby
added and assessed in addition to all other charges, costs or interest
incurred in the collection thereof by the Borough of Trafford.
[Amended 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 667]
B.
An interest charge of 6% per annum is hereby added,
assessed and charged against each delinquent account after the same
has become delinquent for a period of one year, all of which is in
addition to all other charges, penalties, interest or costs incurred
against each of said delinquent accounts and the collection thereof.
