In the event that the fees, rentals or other charges for the services and facilities
of said waste collection and disposal system shall not be paid when due, the county
may discontinue and shut off the supply of the services and facilities of said waste
collection and disposal system, and of any other undertaking, utility, or public works
owned, operated and controlled by the county, to the person, firm, corporation or
other body, public or private, so supplied with such services or facilities, until
such fees, rentals or other charges, including interest, penalties and charges for
the shutting off and discontinuance or the restoration of such services or facilities
are fully paid, and for such purposes may enter on any lands, waters and premises
of such person, firm, corporation, or other body, public or private, within or without
the boundaries of the county. Such delinquent fees, rentals or other charges, together
with interest, penalties and charges for the shutting off and discontinuance or the
restoration of such services or facilities, and reasonable attorneys' fees and other
expenses, may be recovered by the county by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
The county may also enforce payments of such delinquent fees, rentals or other charges
by any other lawful method of enforcement.
All such fees, rentals or other charges for the services and facilities of said waste
collection and disposal system shall be and constitute liens upon the lands and premises
served by such waste collection and disposal system, which liens shall be on a parity
with the lien of state, county and municipal taxes, but shall be prior and superior
to all other liens on such lands and premises. The county shall be obligated to diligently
foreclose the lien of said fees, rentals or other charges which are delinquent and
such liens may be foreclosed under the same mode and procedure provided by the laws
of the State of Florida for the foreclosure of mortgages on real property.
