A. Any fine, costs or other sanction imposed that remains unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust judicial review procedures under the Illinois Administrative Review Law, shall be considered a debt due and owing to the Village and enforced in the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
B. Issues such as whether a violation occurred and the penalties that are imposed may not be raised in any subsequent proceeding after the period for judicial review has passed.
C. 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 Village and may be collected in accordance with applicable law. However, prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing officer, the Village shall provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant shall appear at a hearing before the administrative 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. Any person, having received notice and an opportunity for a hearing as provided in this chapter, who knowingly fails to comply with an order issued by the hearing officer under this chapter, including the issuance of a subpoena, shall, if the order is not stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to its effective date, be guilty of contempt. Contempt shall be enforceable only through a court proceeding in 15th Judicial Circuit, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and shall be punishable by applicable law. Each day that a violation continues shall be considered a separate and distinct offense. It shall not be a defense that a person came into compliance with an order, sought judicial review of it, or made efforts to comply with an order, subsequent to its effective date. (Ord. 2021-002, 10-25-2021)