A. The cost may be assessed by the council against the parcel of property fronting upon the sidewalk constructed, reconstructed or repaired, and such cost so assessed, if not paid within five days after its confirmation by the council, shall constitute a special assessment against such parcel of property, and shall be a lien on the property for the amount thereof from the time of recordation of the notice of lien, which lien shall continue until the assessment and all interest thereon is paid, or until it is discharged of record.

B. The finance director may file in the office of the county recorder a certificate substantially in the following form:

NOTICE OF LIEN

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Ordinance No. 1014 of the City of San Luis Obispo, I did on the ___ day of _________, 19___, cause the sidewalk, curb, gutter or perk or parking strip, bulkheads, retaining walls or other works (as the case may be) in the front of the real property hereinafter described, to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired, and the Council of said city did, on the ___ day of _________, 19___, by Resolution No. ____ assess the cost of such repair upon the real property in the sum of _______ dollars ($______), and the same shall be a lien upon the real property until the said sum, with interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum, from the said ___ day of _________, 19___ (insert date of confirmation of assessment), has been paid in full and discharged of record.

The real property hereinbefore mentioned and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the City of San Luis Obispo, State of California, and particularly described as follows, to wit:

(Description of property)

Dated this ___ day of ____, 19____

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Finance Director

C. From and after the date of recording the notice of lien, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of the contents thereof. The notice of lien may include claims against one or more separate parcels of property, whether contiguous or not, together with the amount due, respectively, from each such parcel. The Statute of Limitations shall not run against the right of the city to enforce the payment of the lien. If any such lien is not paid, the city may file and maintain an action to foreclose such lien in the same manner and under the same procedure, so far as applicable, as that under which delinquent bonds are foreclosed under Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code of the state. (Ord. 1014 § 1, 1984: prior code § 7350.2)