Upon failure of the registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle to pay the indicated fine on the violation notice, submit the required materials to obtain an adjudication by mail, or request an administrative hearing, or upon final determination of violation liability, the traffic compliance administrator shall send or cause to be sent additional notices which:
A. Shall be sent to the registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle at the address as is recorded with the Illinois secretary of state. If the vehicle is registered in a state other than Illinois, the city traffic compliance administrator shall send the appropriate notice to the address of the registered owner as recorded in such other state's registry of motor vehicles.
B. Shall be sent to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the address last known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of the lease.
C. Shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid.
D. Service of additional notices sent in accordance herewith shall be complete as of the date of deposit in the United States mail.
E. The additional notices sent in accordance herewith shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:
1. Upon the failure of the registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle to pay the indicated fine on the violation notice, submit the required materials to obtain an adjudication by mail, or request an administrative hearing, an additional notice shall be sent, as above set forth, and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:
a. Date and location of violation cited in the vehicular standing, parking, or compliance regulation violation notice.
b. Particular standing, parking, or compliance regulation violated.
c. Vehicle make and state registration.
d. Fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment.
e. Notice to the registered owner or lessee of their current status, other than paid in full.
f. Date, time and place of the administrative hearing at which the alleged violation may be contested on its merits.
g. Statement that failure to either pay the indicated fine on the violation notice, submit the required materials to obtain an adjudication by mail, or appear at the scheduled administrative hearing will result in a determination of vehicle standing, parking, or compliance regulation violation liability for the cited violation in the amount of the fine and any applicable penalty indicated.
h. Statement that upon the occurrence of a final determination of vehicular standing, parking, or compliance violation liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, available administrative or judicial procedures for review, any unpaid fine or penalty will constitute a debt due and owing the city.
i. Statement that any motor vehicle impounded in connection with an alleged violation of section 6-1-9 of this title, as amended, that is not reclaimed within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the time during which the owner of record may seek judicial review of the city's action impounding such vehicle, or the time at which a final judgment is rendered in favor of the city, or the time a final administrative decision is rendered against an owner of record who is in default, may be disposed of as an unclaimed vehicle as provided by law.
2. A notice of final determination of vehicular standing, parking, or compliance regulation violation liability shall be sent following a determination of liability, or upon conclusion of any administrative or judicial review, as is hereinafter set forth, and the notice shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information and warnings:
a. A statement that the unpaid fine and any penalty assessed is a debt due and owing the city.
b. A warning that failure to pay the fine within twenty one (21) days of the issuance of the final determination of liability will result in the imposition of a late payment penalty in accordance with section 6-8-11 of this chapter and may result in the city's filing a complaint in the circuit court to have the unpaid fine or penalty rendered a judgment in accordance with section 11-208.3(f) of the Illinois vehicle code, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
c. A warning that the vehicle owned by the person and located within the city may be impounded for failure to pay fines or penalties for five (5) or more vehicular standing, parking, or compliance regulation violations.
d. A warning that the person's driver's license may be suspended for failure to pay fines or penalties for ten (10) or more vehicular standing or parking violations under section 6-306.5 of the Illinois vehicle code, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
e. Statement that any motor vehicle impounded in connection with an alleged violation of section 6-1-9 of this title, as amended, that is not reclaimed within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the time during which the owner of record may seek judicial review of the city's action impounding such vehicle, or the time at which a final judgment is rendered in favor of the city, or the time a final administrative decision is rendered against an owner of record who is in default, may be disposed of as an unclaimed vehicle as provided by law.
3. A notice of impending suspension of a person's driver's license shall be sent to any person determined to be liable for the payment of any fine or penalty that remains due and owing on ten (10) or more vehicular standing or parking regulation violations:
a. The notice shall state that the failure to pay the fine or penalty owing within forty five (45) days of the date of the notice will result in the city's notifying the Illinois secretary of state that the person is eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings under section 6-306.5 of the Illinois vehicle code, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
b. The notice of impending driver's license suspension shall be sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with the Illinois secretary of state. (Ord. 2015.53, 4-18-2016)