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HomeMy Public PortalAbout07547 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7547 AN ORDINANCE, amending Ordinance No. 7450, adopted May 11, 1988, as amended by Ordinance No. 7536, adopted August 24, 1988, by repealing Sections Eight and Nine, and enacting in lieu thereof new Sections Eight and Nine providing for Late Payment Charges and Liens for Non-Payment of Sewer Service Charges, with an emergency clause. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section A. Sections Eight and Nine of Ordinance No. 7450, adopted May 11, 1988, as amended by Ordinance No. 7536, adopted August 24, 1988, are hereby repealed, and two new Sections enacted in lieu thereof to read as follows: Section Eight. Charge for Late Payments. If any Sewer Service Charges billed are not paid by the due date indicated on any bill rendered, then an additional late payment charge equal to one and one-half percent (1-1/2%) per month of the amount of the bill rendered is hereby imposed for each month or portion thereof the bill remains unpaid beyond the due date until such time as a lien is recorded against the Property served pursuant to Section Nine below. Section Nine. Sewer Service Charges a Lien. The Sewer Service Charges shall constitute a lien upon the Property Served by the System on the date a bill therefore is rendered, and all Sewer Service Charges that remain unpaid shall bear interest at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum from the time a notice of lien is filed with the appropriate recorder of deeds as hereunder prescribed. The Director of Administration of the District may cause a notice of lien for non-payment of such charges to be filed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds within and for the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, or such other counties in which Property Served by the System is located, as the case may be. Such notice of lien shall state the amount of the delinquent Sewer Service Charges and shall adequately describe the Property against which such lien is asserted. A copy of such notice of lien shall be mailed to the reputed Owner of the Property charged and the filing of such notice in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds may be deferred as a matter of grace for not more than fifteen days from the mailing date. After such notice of lien is filed of record, the fees of the Recorder for filing and releasing said lien shall also be payable to the District as a prerequisite to releasing said lien. Section B. The Late Payment charges and Liens for Non- Payment of Sewer Service Charges as specified in this Ordinance are essential for the operation of the District, and their orderly implementation must be effected without delay, thus creating an emergency within the meaning of the Plan. Accordingly, this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its enactment. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted September 14, 1988.