§ 22-135. Village lien rights.  


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  • If any money, property or other consideration due from the developer to the village is not either recovered from the performance security deposits required in this article or paid or conveyed to the village by the developer pursuant to the village's demand therefor, then such money, or the village's reasonable estimate of the value of such property or other consideration, together with interest and costs of collection, including legal fees and administrative expenses, shall become a lien upon all portions of the subdivision or development in which the developer retains any legal, equitable or contractual interest, and the village shall have the right to collect such amount or value, with interest and costs, including legal fees and administrative expenses, and the right to enforce such lien in the same manner as in statutory mortgage foreclosure proceedings. Such lien shall be subordinate to any first mortgage placed upon the subdivision or development; provided, however, that such subordination shall apply only to charges that have become due and payable prior to a sale or transfer of the subdivision or development pursuant to a decree of foreclosure or any other proceeding in lieu of foreclosure. Such sale or transfer shall not relieve the subdivision or development from liability for any charges thereafter becoming due, nor from the lien of any subsequent charge.