Failure to pay. If the owner(s) fail to pay, within forty-five (45) days of the citation, any and
all civil penalties levied pursuant to this article, a one (1) percent interest charge
shall be applied to the outstanding balance. The interest shall accrue and be compounded
daily. Failure to pay any fee or civil penalties arising from the enforcement of this
article constitutes a debt in favor of the City and shall constitute a lien upon the
real estate against which the fee or civil penalty was imposed from the original date
of such fee or civil penalty. Each such lien may be continued, recorded, and released
in the manner provided by the Connecticut General Statutes for continuing, recording,
and releasing property tax liens. Each such lien shall take precedence over all other
liens and encumbrance filed after July 1, 1997, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, except taxes, and may be enforced in the same manner as property tax liens. In
addition to placing a lien against the property for failure to pay any fee arising
from the enforcement of this article, the City may bring civil action against the
debtor in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover such debt. (g) Anti-Blight Special Fund. (1)