(A) Any fine, other sanction or costs imposed, or part of any fine, other sanction or costs imposed, remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of or the failure to exhaust judicial review procedures under the Illinois Administrative Review Law are a debt and owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(B) After expiration of the period in which judicial review under the Illinois Administrative Review Law may be sought for a final determination of an ordinance violation, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the findings, decision and order of the Hearing Officer may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(C) (1) In any case in which a Hearing Officer finds that a defendant has failed to comply with a judgment ordering a defendant to correct an ordinance violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of an ordinance violation, but expenses incurred by a municipality to enforce the judgment including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs, related to property demolition or foreclosure after they are fixed by the Hearing Officer, shall be a debt due and owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(2) Prior to any expenses being fixed by a Hearing Officer pursuant to this subsection, the village shall provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant has failed to comply with the judgment.
(3) The notice shall set the date for such a hearing, which shall not be less than seven days from the date that the notice is served.
(4) If notice is served by mail, the seven-day period shall begin to run on the date that the notice was deposited in the mail.
(D) (1) A lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or both, of the defendant in the amount of any debt due and owing the municipality.
(2) The lien may be recorded and enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) No lien may be enforced under this section until it has been recorded in the manner provided by Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure, being ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 12-101 et seq., or by the Uniform Commercial Code.
(E) A Hearing Officer may set aside any judgment by default and set a new hearing date upon a petition filed within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default if the Hearing Officer determines that the petitioner's failure to appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the petitioner establishes that the municipality did not provide proper service of process.
(Ord. 98-710, passed 5-28-1998)