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O R D I N A N C E NO. 9376
AN ORDINANCE, amending Ordinance No. 9029, as adopted
June 16, 1993, and previously amended by Ordinance No. 9222, as
adopted May 11, 1994, by repealing Section Eight, and enacting a
new Section Eight in lieu thereof, establishing a lien for unpaid
Wastewater User Charges and Advances for Water Meter Installation.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Section Eight of Ordinance No. 9029, as
adopted June 16, 1993, is hereby repealed.
Section Two. Section Eight of Ordinance No. 9029, as
here enacted, shall read as follows:
"Section Eight. Wastewater User Charges and
Advances for Water Meter Installation a Lien. The
Wastewater User Charges and Advances for Water Meter
Installation shall constitute a lien upon the Property
Served by the Wastewater System on the date a bill is
rendered for Wastewater Service and/or the date the
advance is made for Water Meter Installation and said
lien shall have the same priority as taxes levied for
state and county purposes. All Wastewater User Charges
that remain unpaid shall bear interest at a rate not to
exceed the lower of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or
the maximum legal rate from the time a notice of lien is
filed with the appropriate recorder of deeds as hereunder
prescribed. 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 or St. Louis County, depending upon where such
Property Served by the Wastewater System is located.
Such notice of lien shall state the amount of the
delinquent Wastewater User Charges and/or advances for
Water Meter Installation 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 at the last address on file
with the District 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 thirty 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."
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted November 9, 1994.