[Adopted 6-3-1987 by Ord. No. 580-87]
Any municipal water authority or company providing
service to any parcel of real property owned by any person other than
the state or an agency or subdivision thereof in the Township of Middle
shall have the right to make application to the Tax Collector of the
Township of Middle for the imposition of a lien on such parcel upon
terms and conditions as follows:
A.
A service charge, cost or fee of the municipal water
authority or company, with regard to any parcel of real property owned
by any person other than the state or agency or subdivision thereof
in the Township of Middle, is unpaid as and when due.
B.
The municipal water authority or company shall file
in the office of the Tax Collector of the Township of Middle a statement
showing the amount and due date of such unpaid balance for service
charges and identify such parcel, which identification may be sufficiently
made by reference to the Assessment Map of the Township of Middle.
The Tax Collector of the Township of Middle
shall record, within 30 days of receipt of that statement provided
in § 222-lB hereinabove, as a lien any unpaid service charges,
plus interest, at the rate charged by said municipal water authority
or company in the same manner as prescribed by the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:14B-42 or by contract entered into between the Township of Middle
and the municipal water authority or company.
Whenever any outstanding service charge, cost
or fee and any subsequent service charge with regard to such parcel
and all interest accrued thereon shall have been fully paid to the
municipal water authority or company, such statements shall be promptly
withdrawn or canceled by the municipal water authority or company,
and notice of the same shall forthwith be provided unto the Tax Collector.
The Tax Collector or other official of the Township
of Middle charged by law with the duty of enforcing municipal liens
on real property shall enforce with and as any other municipal lien
on real property in the Township of Middle all service charges and
the lien thereof shown in any statement filed with said Tax Collector
or official by any municipal water authority or company pursuant to
the preceding sections of this Article and N.J.S.A. 40:14B-42 and
shall pay over to the municipal water authority or company the sums
or prorated share of the sums upon such enforcement or upon liquidation
of any property acquired by the Township of Middle by virtue of such
enforcement.
In the event that a service charge of any municipal
water authority or company with regard to any parcel of real property
shall not be paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due
to the municipal water authority or company on the unpaid balance
at the rate charged by said municipal water authority or company until
such service charge and the interest thereon shall be fully paid to
the municipal water authority or company.
All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
the municipality in filing and enforcing such lien shall be added
to said liens. Said costs and expenses shall be reimbursed by the
municipal water authority or company upon tender of an invoice in
proper form.
