(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 1 shall be a debt due and owing the village and, as such, 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 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 violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of a violation, any expenses incurred by the village 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 village and may be collected in accordance with applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing officer pursuant to this subsection ( C), the village 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 7 days from the date that notice is served. If notice is served by mail, the 7- 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, 735 ILCS 5/12-101 of seq., or by the Uniform Commercial Code, 810 ILCS 5/ 1- 101 of seq., 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 village 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) A hearing officer may set aside any judgment 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 petitioner’s failure to appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the petitioner establishes that the village did not provide proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside pursuant to this subsection (E), the hearing officer shall have authority to enter an order extinguishing any lien which has been recorded for any debt due and owing the village as a result of the vacated default judgment. (Ord. 2830, 11-7-2013; amd. Ord. 4090, 3-7-2024)
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| 1 | 3. 735 ILCS 5/3-101 et seq. |