(A) Section 905 is amended to read as follows.

Sec. 905.

a. GENERAL.

The legislative body of this jurisdiction may thereupon order that said charge shall be made a personal obligation of the property owner or assess said charge against the property involved.

b. PERSONAL OBLIGATION.

If the legislative body of this jurisdiction orders that the charge shall be a personal obligation of the property owner. It shall direct the attorneys for this jurisdiction to collect the same on behalf of this jurisdiction by use of all appropriate legal remedies.

c. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

If the legislative body of this jurisdiction orders that the charge shall be assessed against the property, it shall be entered in the lien docket of the jurisdiction, and thereafter said assessment shall constitute a lien upon the property.

(B) Section 906 is amended to read as follows.

Sec. 906. The validity of any assessment made under the provisions of this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the same is commenced within 30 days after the assessment is entered in the lien docket of the jurisdiction. Any appeal from a final judgment in such action or proceeding must be perfected within 30 days after the entry of such judgment.

(C) Section 908 is amended to read as follows.

Sec. 908.

a. PRIORITY.

Immediately upon its being entered in the lien docket of the jurisdiction, the several amounts assessed shall be payable, and the assessments shall be liens against the lots or parcels of land assessed, respectively. The lien shall be subordinate to all existing special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property and shall be paramount to all other liens except for state, county and property taxes with which it shall be upon a party. The lien shall continue until the assessment and all interest due and payable thereon are paid.

b. INTEREST.

All such assessments remaining unpaid after 30 days from the date of entry in the lien docket of the jurisdiction shall become delinquent and shall bear interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum from and after said date.

(D) Section 909 is amended to read as follows.

Sec. 909. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the amount of the assessment, together with interest, may be collected in the manner as set forth in ORS 223.510 to 223.595.

(E) Section 910 is amended to read as follows.

Sec. 910. PENALTIES. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of an offense constituting a misdemeanor, and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day, or portion thereof, during which any violation of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted and upon conviction of any such violation, such persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.

(F) Section 911 is amended by deletion of the whole thereof.

(G) Section 912 is amended by deletion of the whole thereof. (Ord. 80-7, passed 01/6/1981)