[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Aldan: Art. I, 8-14-1991 by Ord. No. 434. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-14-1991 by Ord. No. 434]
[Amended 5-13-1991 by Ord. No. 446]
If any quarterly or annual installment of sewer rents or refuse disposal and collection fees are not paid within 30 days after the date of the bill, a penalty of 15% shall be added thereto; if the quarterly or annual payment plus penalty is not paid within 60 days after the date of the bill, the aggregate amount thereof shall bear interest from the penalty date at the rate of 1/2 of 1% per month or fraction thereof.[1]
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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 528, adopted 12-8-2021, provided that delinquent refuse collection and disposal and sewer rental accounts are subject to a penalty of 10%.
Any unpaid sewer rent or refuse collection and disposal fee, together with penalties and interest thereon, as provided by § 120-1 above, and any and all delinquent costs shall be a lien on the property served, which may be collected by a civil action, by distress, by lien filed in the nature of a municipal claim or by termination of services as and to the extent provided by law.
Any and all costs, expenses or attorney's fees incurred by the Borough of Aldan in furtherance of the collection of any unpaid or delinquent sewer rents or refuse disposal fee shall be added to the unpaid sewer rent or refuse collection and disposal fee, along with the penalties and interest provided by § 120-1 above, and the aggregate of the same shall be entered as a lien on the property served, to be collected or executed upon by one of the methods provided by § 120-2 of this chapter.