(A) Definitions. For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:
COLLECTION COSTS. The expenses and time incurred by the village or its agents to collect any debt due and owing.
DEBT DUE AND OWING or DEBT. A specified sum of money owed to the village for fines, penalties, fees, interest, or other types of charges or costs imposed by this code, or administrative or judicial judgments after:
(a) The period granted for payment has expired; and
(b) The exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review procedures.
(B) License suspension or revocation pending payment of fines, costs or other sum of money owed to the village. If a person fails to pay any fine, assessment of costs or other sum of money owed to the village pursuant to a court order or an order of the Mayor, Local Liquor Control Commissioner, or Hearing Officer within 30 days of such fine, assessment or sum of money becoming a debt due and owing to the village, such person's license may be suspended or revoked by the village. If the license is suspended, then the suspension shall remain in effect until such time that the fine, assessment of costs or other sum of money is paid in full. If the license is revoked, the licensee shall be barred from applying to a new or different village license for a period of one year after the date of revocation.
(C) Recovery of collection costs and attorneys' fees. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary and in addition to any other late penalty, interest, or other types of charges or costs provided for in this code, any person who fails to pay any debt due and owing shall be liable for the village's collection costs and attorneys' fees incurred by the village in the collection of the debt.
(Ord. 2451, passed 9-6-2018)