(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 due and owing to the city 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 a city code 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) In any case in which a respondent has failed to comply with an order directing the respondent to correct a city code violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of a city code violation, any expenses incurred by the city to enforce the order, including, but not limited to, its attorney's fees, court costs and costs related to property demolition or foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be due and owing the city and may be collected in accordance with applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing officer pursuant to this subsection, the city shall provide a notice to the respondent that states that the respondent shall appear at a hearing before the hearing officer to determine whether the respondent has failed to comply with the order. The notice shall set the date for such hearing, which shall not be less than seven days from the date that notice is served. 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) Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article XII of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, a lien shall be imposed upon the real estate of the respondent in the amount of any debt due and owing the City under this chapter. The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(E) The hearing officer may set aside any order entered 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 respondent's failure to appear at the hearing was for good cause or at anytime if the respondent establishes that the city did not provide proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside pursuant to this subsection, the hearing officer shall have the authority to enter any order extinguishing any lien which has been recorded for any debt due and owing the city as a result of the vacated default order.
(Ord. 8088, passed 4-4-00; Am. Ord. 8525, passed 1-2-07)