A. The city shall send a notice of account delinquency to each customer on or after ten (10) days after the account becomes delinquent.

B. On or before fifteen (15) days after an account becomes delinquent, a notice of delinquency and public nuisance shall be sent to the customer and to the owner of the premises. The notice shall state a date on or after which the premises will be declared a public nuisance if the delinquent account is not paid in full prior thereto. Such date shall not be less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) days from the date of the notice. The delivery to the premises served or mailing to the address on record of the customer and of the owner shall be considered a delivery to the customer and to the owner.

C. If the delinquency has not been cured by the date stated in the notice, the city may declare the premises a public nuisance and proceed to abate said nuisance in accordance with BMC 13.08.241.

D. Interest on delinquent accounts shall be paid at the rate of fifteen (15) percent per annum. Delinquent payments, with interest, shall constitute a lien on real and personal property of the person or entity whose account is delinquent. [Ord. 95-24 § 5; Ord. 94-12S § 9; Amd. 10 to Ord. 85; Ord. 170, 1986; prior code § 11.12.090(3).]