Each service charge, additional charge, surcharge and penalty
imposed by this Part 2 shall be a debt due the Borough and shall be
a lien on the property served and, if not paid within 30 days after
the date of the bill, shall be deemed delinquent. In such event, the
Borough may proceed to file the lien in the office of the Prothonotary
of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and collect the same in the manner
provided by law for the filing and collection of municipal claims.
In the event of failure to pay the service charge, additional charge,
surcharge or penalty after they become delinquent as herein provided,
the Borough shall be authorized to remove or close the sewer connection
and shall have the right to enter upon the property served for such
purpose and to take such steps as may be necessary to accomplish such
removal or closing. The expense of such removal or closing, as well
as the expense of restoring any such service, shall likewise be a
debt due the Borough and a lien on the property served, and may be
filed and collected as hereinabove provided, or such sewer connection
shall not again be turned on or the sewage service restored until
all service charges, additional charges, surcharges and penalties,
including the expense of removal, closing and restoration, shall have
been paid.
All persons violating any provision of this Part 2 shall be deemed in violation of this Part 2. Notice of such violation shall be given personally or by means of the United States mails, and if no action to correct the violation is taken within 30 days of the date of such notice, the sewer connection may be removed or closed and reconnection will not be made until after correction of the violation has been accomplished. The expense of such removal or closing and the expense of restoring the sewage service shall be a debt due the Borough and a lien upon the property served and may be filed and collected as provided in § 371-80 hereof.
Change of ownership or occupancy of any property served by the public sanitary sewerage system as to which the service charge, additional charge, surcharge or penalty imposed by this Part 2 is delinquent, as provided in § 371-80 hereof, shall not be cause for reducing or eliminating the rights and remedies of the Borough set forth in this article.
