(1) Upon completion of the connection pursuant to the foregoing abatement procedures, the City Engineer or his/her designate shall prepare a recap of all costs incurred in construction of the sewer connection in question. Said costs shall include the costs of all permits and system development charges customarily charged by the City at the time of said connection. To this sum shall be added 15 percent to help defray the City’s engineering, legal and administrative expenses incurred in the aforesaid connection.

(2) A summary of costs shall be mailed by registered or certified mail to the same person or persons to whom the notice of abatement was sent as per MMC 10.10.160(2), or their successors in title, and shall advise of the City’s intent to assess said costs against the real property and shall further advise the owner/owners of their right to a hearing before the City Council prior to assessment upon receipt by the City Engineer, within 30 days of the date of mailing, of a written request for hearing.

(3) If the costs of abatement are not paid to the City within 30 days from the date of the mailing of the summary of costs, said summary shall be presented to the City Council and if the Council finds said costs to be reasonable, the Council shall pass an ordinance directing the amount of said costs be entered in the docket of City liens; and upon such entry being made, said costs shall constitute a lien upon the property in question. Prior to passing said ordinance, the Council will afford the property owner/owners a right to be heard by the Council if a written request for hearing has been received by the City Engineer within 30 days of the date of mailing of the aforesaid summary of costs.

(4) The lien shall be enforced in the same manner as liens for street improvements and shall bear interest at a rate to be determined by the Council at the time of the ordinance referred to above. The interest shall commence from the date of entry of the lien in the lien docket and shall have priority over all other liens and assessments to the maximum extent permitted by law.

(5) An error in the name of the property owner/owners/agents shall not void the assessment, nor will a failure to receive the notice of the proposed assessment render the assessment void, but it shall remain a valid lien against the property. (Ord. 156, passed 8-13-2019)