The purpose of this chapter is to accomplish the following regarding municipal liens: to comply with state law, to provide additional notice of the existence of municipal liens for potential purchasers of property within the city limits of Philomath, and to provide additional security for sums loaned, or advanced, or charges deferred, by the city of Philomath.
(Ord. 703 § 1, 2002)
For purposes of this chapter the following definitions apply:
A. 
Municipal Lien.
Any lien granted by a borrower, program participant, person deferring charges, or incurred or imposed as the result of an assessment, whether or not related to the issuance of municipal bonds. A municipal lien may be voluntary or involuntary depending upon the program and the ordinance authorizing the lien. Municipal liens include liens for system development charge deferrals, rehabilitation loans, liens securing assessments related to the installation or repair of streets and/or sidewalks, and/or other public infrastructure, and liens imposed by order of the municipal court. Any lien imposed under the authority of a city ordinance is a municipal lien.
B. 
Municipal Lien Docket.
For purposes of any city ordinance referring to a "municipal lien docket" or "city lien docket," any entry in the financial records or books of the city which shows the initial amount owed to the city under any order, program, ordinance or resolution imposing a municipal lien, along with any records showing payments, credits, charges, and interest accrued as a result of the assessment loan or deferral which caused the lien, shall be considered the "municipal lien docket."
C. 
County Clerk Lien Record.
Those records authorized under ORS 205.130, as may be amended from time to time, kept by the county clerk or county recorder.
(Ord. 703 § 2, 2002)
The city manager and/or the city manager's designee may record any municipal lien authorized by ordinance or resolution in the county clerk lien record.
A. 
The city manager and/or the city manager's designee may choose, taking into account the best interest of the city, to provide an on-line electronic lien record consistent with ORS 93.643(2)(c)(B) in lieu of recording municipal liens in the county clerk lien record.
B. 
Notwithstanding the requirements of any other ordinance, the city manager and/or the city manager's designee may make an entry in the city lien record indicating that all future entries or records related to that specific lien will only be maintained in the county clerk lien record or on the electronic medium accessible on-line. In such a case where any city ordinance refers to the municipal lien record or the municipal lien docket, the county clerk lien record shall be the lien docket required by that ordinance.
C. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions in any city ordinance or resolution, the cost of recording a municipal lien in the county court lien record shall be included as part of the amount required to satisfy the lien.
(Ord. 703 § 3, 2002)