FIN 2018-11-20 Item 2C - Ordinance - Transition to King County for Storm and Surface Water Billing and Payments

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C. For parcels owned by the City; condominium complexes; or those of the Washington State Department of Transportation for public highways, roads and rights -of - way, bills shall be sent to the property owners by the City in January of each year and shall be due in full within 60 days of the date of the bill. After that period the bill shall be considered delinquent. D. Property owners shall be responsible for all bills not paid. The City may pursue collection of any delinquent bills outstanding on January 1, 2019. King County, as the City's agent, shall pursue collection of any bills that become delinquent after January 1, 2019. After that period the hill shall be considered delinquent. FE. The service charge or any part thereof which becomes delinquent shall bear interest as provided in RCW 35.67.200 at the rate of 8% per annum, or such rate as may hereafter be authorized by law, computed on a monthly basis from the date of delinquency until paid. GF. The City shall have a lien for all delinquent and unpaid service charges, including interest thereon, against any parcel for which the service charges are delinquent, as provided by RCW 35.67.200. The current charges imposed by the King County Records and Elections Division shall be charged to all liened parcels to recover the cost of placing and removing the lien on the parcel. Pursuant to RCW 35.67.215, the lien is effective for up to one year's delinquent service charges without the necessity of any writing or recording of the lien with the King County Records and Elections Division. In the case of foreclosure actions to collect delinquencies, the City shall seek also to collect reimbursement of reasonable costs of collection including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, staff time and filing fees. Section 4. TMC Section 14.32.070 Amended. Ordinance No. 1932 §1 (part), as codified at TMC Section 14.32.070, "Service Charge Revenues," is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.32.070 Service Charge Revenues All moneys obtained by the City pursuant to TMC Chapter 14.32 shall be credited and deposited in the storm and surface water management utility fund created by TMC Chapter 14.28. Moneys so obtained shall be spent for the purposes allowed in that chapter. Section 5. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering and section/subsection numbering. W: Word Processing\Ordinances\SSW Billing transferred to King County-TMC 14.32 strike -through 11-6-18 PM:bjs 28 Page 4 of 5