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this ordinance, and secured by an obligation that shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the City, evidenced by either: 1. a senior, unsubordinated recorded lien on the Subject Property which shall be enforced against successors in interest to the property owner or lessee, releasable when the obligation is paid in full, which shall in the case of a Residential project include requirement for an escrow instruction providing for payment out of escrow from sale proceeds of the deferred fees prior to disbursing proceeds to the seller, or, at the Applicant's option, 2. an irrevocable letter of credit from the Applicant in a form approved by the City Attorney, which shall be releasable when the obligation is paid in full. B. The payment of such development impact fees shall be deemed a debt due and owing to the City at such time as set forth herein, which debt shall only be deemed satisfied and discharged upon payment in full to the City. The City may pursue collection through all available legal and administrative means including, but shall not be limited to, judicial or non-judicial foreclosure of the recorded lien against the Subject Property, a demand upon the irrevocable letter of credit, and/or civil judgment against the Applicant for breach of the Fee Deferral Agreement and/or the security provided hereunder. Section 5. Applicability. This ordinance and the incentives derived hereunder shall apply only to new development projects that have not obtained a building permit from the City at the time this ordinance is adopted by the City Council. This ordinance shall remain in effect for twelve (12) months from the adoption date, and as of that date is repealed unless a City Council adopts a further ordinance of resolution to extend that sunset date for an additional period not to exceed twelve (12) months. Section 6. Ordinance to Operate Exclusively. Except as set forth in this ordinance, all other provisions of the Code shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing contained in this ordinance is deemed to authorize or permit the deferral of payment of any fee or charge imposed upon Residential or Nonresidential development in the City except for those development impact fees expressly set forth in section 2 above. Section 7. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or Ordinance No. NS-2814 Page 4 of 5