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 Islamorada
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 46. SOLID WASTE
 Article II. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL

  § 46-37. Annual payment of fees; delinquent fees; lien for unpaid fees.  

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  • (a)

    The fees prescribed in this article for residential customers are payable annually and shall be due and payable no later than the due date indicated upon such bill of the village or such third party as may be contracted by the village to provide billing services.

    (b)

    The annual fee shall cover service from October 1 through September 30 of each year.

    (c)

    If the amount of solid waste charges shown on the bill are not paid as of the due date of the bill, a five percent, per month, late payment charge shall be added to the amount due. Unpaid balances of customers for such charges and late charges shall be subject to an interest charge at the rate of one-half of one percent per month. Imposition of such interest charge shall commence for any delinquency existing 30 days after the past due date and continue to accrue until all charges are paid.

    (d)

    Solid waste and late charges, together with any interest charges, shall be debts due and owing to the village and such debts shall be recoverable by the village or its assignee, in any court of competent jurisdiction. All charges, late charges, and interest accruing thereupon for service rendered by the village to any property which remain unpaid 30 days after the past due date of the charges shall become subject to imposition of a lien against and upon the real property to which such service has been furnished to the same extent and character as a lien for a special assessment.

    (e)

    An administrative fee of ten percent of the unpaid service charges shall be imposed upon any delinquent account for which a lien is filed. Once such lien is filed by the village in the official records, and until fully paid and discharged, such charges, late charges, administrative fees, and interest accrued thereupon shall be, remain, and constitute a special assessment lien equal in rank and dignity to all other liens, encumbrances, titles, and claims in, to or against the real property served, from and after the date such charges become a lien as set forth in this section.

    (f)

    Such liens may be enforced and satisfied by the village, pursuant to F.S. ch. 173, or by any other method permitted by law. The lien provided for in this section shall not be deemed to be in lieu of any other legal remedies for payment available to the village.

(Ord. No. 00-11, § 2, 1-11-2001)