(A) Enforcement. Upon 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.
(B) Court Costs, Attorneys' Fees and Costs of Collection. In any case in which a person has failed to comply with a Hearing Officer's judgment ordering the correction of a code violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of a code violation, any expenses incurred by the Village to enforce the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, court costs, and costs related to property demolition or foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the Hearing Officer, shall be a debt due and owing the Village and may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
(1) Prior to any expenses being fixed by the Hearing Officer pursuant to this division, the Village shall provide notice to the person that states that the person shall appear at a hearing before the Hearing Officer to determine whether the person has failed to comply with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such 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 on the date the notice was deposited in the mail.
(2) Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article 12 of the Code of Civil Procedure (ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 12-101 et seq.) or by the Uniform Commercial Code, a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or both, of the person in the amount of any debt due and owing the Village under this section. The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien would be enforced in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) Additionally, whenever any fine, charge, penalty, sanction or payment is due pursuant to any provision of this Code and is not paid after the Village sends, mails or otherwise delivers notice (unless a different period is specifically stated elsewhere in this Code) to the person responsible for such fine, charge, penalty, sanction or payment (the "responsible person"), the Village may transfer such fine, charge, penalty, sanction or payment to a collection agency of the Village's choosing. Any such collection agency shall, for such purposes of collection of such fine, charge, penalty, sanction or payment be deemed an agent of the Village. All costs incurred by the Village for the collection of any fines, charges, penalties, sanctions or payments transferred to any collection agency shall be assessed against the responsible person as an additional fine, charge, penalty, sanction or payment, subject to any applicable statutory limits.
(Ord. 10-2769, passed 4-13-10; Am. Ord. 16-3060, passed 7-7-16)