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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09376 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 Section Eight of Ordinance No. 9029, as adopted June 16, 1993, is hereby repealed.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.