2013-03 AMENDING CITY CODE AND ZONING ORDINANCE - CHAPTER 29 - SECTION XXXVI

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B. Enforcement of Judgment. Any fine, costs, other sanction imposed, or part of any fine, costs or other sanction imposed remaining unpaid or not complied with after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review procedures under the Administrative Review Law shall be a debt due and owing the City of Decatur and can be sent to collections or collected in any manner authorized by law. C. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the City from consolidating multiple findings, decisions and orders against a person in such a proceeding. D. In any case in which a respondent has failed to comply with a judgment ordering the respondent to correct a code violation or imposing any fine or other sanction',as a result of a code violation, any expenses incurred by a municipality to enforce the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, court costs, or other related costs after they are fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction or a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with applicable law. E. A Hearing Officer may set aside any judgment entered by default and set a new hearing date upon a petition filed within fourteen (14) days after the issuance of the order of default if the hearing officer determines that the petitioner's failure to appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the petitioner establishes that the municipality did not provide proper service of process pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. F. After 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.