(A) Any fine and any administrative, enforcement, or compliance costs imposed by an administrative hearing officer’s order that remain unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review procedures, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be a debt due and owing the city and may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(B) After the expiration of the period for which judicial review may be sought, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the determination of liability of an administrative hearing officer may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. At such time, the administrative hearings supervisor shall send a notice of final determination of liability to respondent.
(C) Any fine, penalty, and/or cost remaining unpaid after the notice of final determination of liability is sent shall constitute a debt due and owing the city. Failure of the respondent to pay such fine or penalty within 14 days of the notice may result in a lien against the respondent's real estate or personal estate (and foreclosure of such a lien) or such other remedies as may be available by law, including the denial of the issuance or renewal of licenses or permits under the city code.
(D) In any case in which a respondent fails to comply with an administrative hearing officer’s order to correct a code violation, any expenses incurred by the city to enforce the administrative hearing officer's order, including, but not limited to, attorney fees, court costs and costs related to property demolition or foreclosure, shall be a debt due and owing the city. Prior to any expenses being fixed by an administrative hearing officer pursuant to this subsection, the respondent shall be provided with notice that directs the respondent to 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 shall set the place and the time for the hearing, which shall not be less than seven days from the date the notice is served. Notice may be served by first class mail or by an overnight or two-day commercial delivery service and the seven-day period shall begin to run on the date that the notice was personally served, deposited in the mail or placed with the overnight or commercial delivery service.
(E) Nothing in this section shall prevent the city from enforcing or seeking to enforce any order of an administrative hearing officer in any manner provided by law.
(Ord. 2685, passed 4-24-2017)