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account is closed and all unpaid charges which are the responsibility of <br />the non -owner customer are paid. The deposit shall be used to offset <br />any such charges in the following order: (i) volumetric consumption <br />charges; (ii) charges, fees, fines, and penalties assessed pursuant to this <br />chapter and the rate resolution; (iii) fees in lieu of franchise fees (also <br />known as "franchise surcharges"); (iv) where applicable, municipal <br />franchise fees and other municipal fees and taxes; (v) billing charges; and <br />(vi) service availability charges (formerly known as "base! facility <br />charges"). Unpaid utility bills for which the non -owner customer is <br />responsible shall not be a lien against the owner's property. The property <br />owner shall be responsible for payment of the base bill. <br />B. Except when the exception for non -owner customers of subparagraph B <br />applies, in the event that the fees, rates or charges for the services and <br />facilities of any water orsewersystemshall not be paid as and when due, <br />any unpaid balance thereof shall be a lien on any parcel or property <br />affected thereby. Such liens shall be superior and paramount to the <br />interest on such parcel or property of any owner, lessee, tenant, <br />mortgagee, or other person exceptthe lien ofcountytaxes and shall be on <br />a parity with the lien of any such county taxes. In the event that any such <br />service charge shall not be paid as and when due and shall be in defaultfor <br />thirty (30) days or more the unpaid balance thereof and all interest <br />accrued thereon, together with attorney's fees and costs, may be <br />recovered by the county in a civil action, and any such lien and accrued <br />interest may be foreclosed or otherwise enforced by the county by action <br />or suit in equity as for the foreclosure of a mortgage on real property. <br />C. Provisions of this subsection apply to rental residential complexes where <br />tenants are not real property owners. Its primary application is to <br />apartments, recreation vehicle parks and trailer parks where short-term <br />tenancies are the norm. Applicability of this subsection to <br />