All water charges due the City by a customer or for services rendered any premises shall, when appropriate under Oregon law, be deemed a lien against the real property concerned, and be subject to foreclosure in the manner provided by Oregon Revised Statutes, particularly ORS 223.510-223.650, and such rights shall be in addition to any and all other methods by law available to the City to collect such accounts or water charges. When permitted by applicable Oregon law, said water charges shall become a lien upon and against the property where such water service is furnished and charges incurred from and after the date of billing and entry upon the ledger or other records of the City pertaining to its municipal water system, and such ledger record or other records shall be accessible for inspection by any interested person in accordance with Oregon public records law.

Whenever a charge for water service remains unpaid for more than sixty (60) days after it has been rendered, the lien thereby created, if any, may be foreclosed in the manner provided by Oregon law, and specifically ORS Chapter 223.505-223.650, or in any other manner provided by law or city ordinance for the collection of municipal and public liens upon properties within the corporate limits of the City. The city shall also have available as means of enforcement and collection of all water and user charges herein defined, any and all other methods provided by law, including the institution of civil suit, for payment thereof. (Ord. 4-1982 § 25, 1982.)