§ 94-50. Priority of lien; interest and method of payment.

Initial assessments for street lighting improvements provided under this article shall be collected by the county utilities department immediately after the project has received final approval. Thereafter, assessments may be billed on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis or any combination thereof. Assessment fees shall be due and payable at the beginning of the billing period and may be collected up to one year in advance. Assessments for costs of installation of lighting may be made on a onetime basis. The utilities department, in accordance with its rules and regulations, is authorized to discontinue utilities services to property when assessments levied under this article become delinquent. Assessments are delinquent 30 days from the date of billing. Liens for past due assessments may be imposed when the account is delinquent for at least 30 days. In addition, any delinquent or unpaid assessments shall remain liens, coequal with the liens of all state, county, district and municipal taxes, superior in dignity to all other liens, title and claims, until paid and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed eight percent per annum from the due date of the assessment.

(Code 1970, § 20-76; Ord. No. 82-08, § 5, 3-16-82; Ord. No. 86-21, § 3, 7-29-86)