Ordinance 3731 - Laserfiche WebLink

• Any charge for sewage disposal service not paid by the 10th day of each month as herein provided shall bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum and such charge and interest shall immediately become a lien upon the property to which such sewage service is rendered, superior to all other liens or encumbrances, except those for general taxes and special assessments . Such liens may be foreclosed by the city in the manner pro- vided by law for the enforcement of the same and for delinquent sewer- age charges . As an additional and concurrent method of enforcing the lien herein provided, the city may cut off the water service from the premises to which such sewage disposal service was furnished, and such water service shall remain cut off until all such charges, plus penalties and interest thereon, together with an additional sum of $2 .00 for turning the water on, shall have been paid . Section 5. CREATION OF SEWER REVENUE FUND. That there be and is hereby created a special fund of the city to be known as the "Sewer Revenue Fund" . Any and all connection charges and revenues re- ceived for the use of sewers as set forth herein, for sewage disposal service, from the sale of by-products from the sewer treatment plant or from any other source of rental, use, or services rendered by such utility shall be credited to and paid into such fund . All engineer- ing expenses incurred by the Engineering Department in planning, de- signing, supervising and administering any work on the Everett Munici- pal Sewer System, and all expenses of maintenance and operation of the Sewer System and Sewer Department, including but not limited to all improvements, additions, betterments, extensions, repairs, replace- ments, except when the same are financed by the issuance of bonds, and amounts required to pay and secure the payment of principal and inter- est on sewer revenue bonds and coupon warrants, shall be paid out of said fund. -6-