(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 Illinois Administrative Review Law is a debt due and owing the Village of Willowbrook and 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 an ordinance violation, unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the findings, decision, and order of the Administrative 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 Respondent has failed to comply with a judgment ordering that Respondent to correct an 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 entered against that defendant, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs, fees charged by private collection agencies, 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 of Willowbrook and may be collected in accordance with applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by the Administrative Hearing Officer pursuant to this section, the Village shall provide a notice to the Respondent that states that the Respondent 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 hearing, which shall not be less than seven (7) days from the date that notice is served. If notice is served by first class mail, the seven (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 Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/12-101, et seq.), or by the Uniform Commercial Code (810 ILCS 5/1-101, et seq.), a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal estate, or both, of the Respondent 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 pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(E) The Administrative Hearing Officer may set aside any judgment entered by default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed by the Respondent within thirty (30) days after the issuance of the order of default, if the Administrative Hearing Officer determines that the Respondent's failure to appear at the hearing was for good cause, or at any time if the Respondent establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Village did not provide proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside pursuant to this subsection, the Administrative 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. When a judgment is vacated, the Administrative Hearing Officer shall set a new date for a hearing on the underlying violation(s). (Ord. 23-O-26, 12-18-2023)