Q: I have a beach house at seaside oregon where they have an ordinance requiring I receive garbage service from private
company. The ordinance states that I do not pay the city will file a lien on my property. My understanding is that a government entity can not file a lien for services not provided by that entity. If so the ordinance in unenforceable.
A: I have no idea. I live in Portland. In Portland the city contracts with waste management and we can elect to have or not have waste services. I suspect that the City of Seaside has negotiated some type of contract with the garbage service provider which makes the City of Seaside responsible of the residents don't pay their bills because the contractor can't economically provide services unless there are enough customers. So in effect that City is planning to lien your property for a debt you own the City when they have to pay your share of the waste management contract to the contractor.t contractor. This is just an educated guess but you might want to investigate the situation a bit more before you draw any conclusions. I am willing to bet there is some arrangement with the City and the contractor that has caused the City to require you to pay for the services.
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