No person shall install any stub sewer in any public or private thoroughfare, right-of-way or easement, unless such person has been approved by the DPW and has complied with all of the requirements of this title; and provided further, any person performing any work in a public road or right-of-way shall be a licensed contractor approved by the DPW. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the DPW before beginning any work in any public or private thoroughfare, right-of-way or easement and to ascertain that the schedule of construction, activities, or operations contemplated is satisfactory to the DPW; and provided further, that all work shall be completed with dispatch and within the time specified in the permit. If any person has received notice from the city requiring that certain work be done, and such person fails to do said work, the city, in addition to any other remedy, may complete the work under the direction of the DPW, and the owner of said property, and the person failing to do the work shall be personally liable, jointly and severally, for the cost thereof and in addition thereto the cost thereof shall be levied against the property, and such cost shall bear interest at the rate of 10.5 percent per year, and such cost and interest shall be a lien against the property, which lien shall be enforceable as provided in AS
09.45.170 through
09.45.220. Such lien shall be prior and paramount to all other liens or encumbrances against the property except those for property taxes or special assessments. Such cost and interest may be collected by a personal action brought in the name of the city or by foreclosure of the lien, or both.
(Ord. 930 § 2, 1980; Ord. 1080 § 6, 1986)