(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 Administrative Review Law (ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 3-101 et seq.) shall be a debt due and owing the city, including the addition of an administrative fee of $60, and, as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(B) After expiration of the period within which judicial review under the Administrative Review Law (ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 3-101 et seq.) may be sought for a final determination of the 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 defendant has failed to comply with a judgment ordering a defendant to correct a code violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of a code violation, any expenses incurred by a municipality to enforce the judgment, 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 a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with applicable law. The fees and costs incurred by the city in any such collection by attorneys and private collection agents retained by the city shall be charged to the defendant. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing officer pursuant to this division (C), the city shall provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant shall appear at a hearing before the hearing officer to determine whether the defendant has failed to comply with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such a 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 Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial Code, 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 city under this subchapter. The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 16-006, passed 6-1-16; Am. Ord. 22-027, passed 1-5-23)