(A) After expiration of the period in which judicial review under the Illinois Administrative Review Act 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.
(B) In any case in which a Hearing Officer finds that a violator has failed to comply with a judgment ordering the abatement of any ordinance violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of an ordinance violation, any expenses incurred by the village to enforce the judgment, including but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs, costs related to property demolition or foreclosure after they are fixed by the 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 hereto, the village shall provide notice to the violator requiring the violator’s appearance at a hearing before the Hearing Officer to determine whether the violator has failed to comply with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such a hearing, which shall not be less than seven calendar days nor more than 45 calendar days from the date the 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 U.S. mail.
(C) A lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or both, of the violator in the amount of any debt due and owing to the village. The lien may be recorded and enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. No lien may be enforced under this chapter until it has been recorded in the manner provided by Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial Code.
(D) The fines and penalties which shall be imposed by the Hearing Office shall be as set forth from time to time in the Village Code of Ordinances. All monetary fines shall be exclusive of the cost of enforcement or the costs imposed to secure compliance with the Village Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 17-1382, passed 6-21-17; Am. Ord. 19-1570, passed 5-15-19)