(A) Any fine, sanction, or cost imposed by an administrative hearing officer’s order that remains unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review procedures is a debt due and owing the city and, as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(B) After the expiration of the period in which judicial review may be sought, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the findings, decision, and order of an administrative 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 fails to comply with an administrative hearing officer’s order to correct a code violation or imposing a fine or other sanction as a result of a code violation, any expenses incurred by the city to enforce the administrative hearing officer’s order, including but not limited to, attorney’s fees, court costs, and costs related to property demolition or foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative hearing officer is a debt due and owing the city. Before an administrative hearing officer fixes any expense, the respondent must be provided notice that states that the respondent must appear at a hearing before an administrative hearing officer to determine whether the respondent has failed to comply with the administrative hearing officer’s order. The notice must set the time for the hearing, which may not be less than seven days from the date that notice is served. Notice is sufficient if served by first class mail and the seven-day period begins to run on the date that the notice is deposited in the mail.
(D) Upon being recorded in the manner required by the Uniform Commercial Code, a lien is imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or both, of the respondent in the amount of a debt due and owing the city. The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(E) Nothing in this section prevents the city from enforcing or seeking to enforce any order of an administrative hearing officer in any manner, which is in accordance with applicable law.
(Ord. 810, passed 3-5-07)