(a) Any fine, other sanction or costs imposed, or any 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, shall be a debt due and owing to the Village of Richton Park and, as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(b) After the expiration of the period within which judicial review under the Administrative Review Law may be sought for a final determination of a code violation, the Village may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the findings, decision and order. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Village from consolidating multiple findings, decisions and orders against a person in such a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the Village shall file a certified copy of the findings, decision and order, which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the findings, decision and order were issued in accordance with this chapter and applicable State law. Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of fines, other sanctions and costs imposed by the findings, decision and order does not exceed two thousand, five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(Ord. 866. Passed. 7-24-95.)