Hillside — Ch. 18 Art. XV Systematic Inspection of Rental Housing § 18-641

(a) If the person so served with the notice of violation does not cure the violations within the time specified in the notice, an officer or employee of the village may proceed to cure the violation, keeping an account of the expense thereof, and such expense shall be charged to and paid by such owner or occupant.
(b) Costs and charges incurred by the village for curing the violations shall be a debt to the village jointly and severally owed by the rental dwelling owner and occupant. Such costs and charges shall be a lien on the real property upon which the rental dwelling is located. Whenever a bill for such charges remains unpaid for 30 days after it has been rendered, the clerk shall file with the county recorder of deeds a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal description of the real property, the expenses and costs incurred, the date of the cure activity and a notice that the village claims a lien for certain amounts. Notice of such lien shall be sent by certified mail to the taxpayer of record for the preceding year. Provided, however, that failure of the clerk to record such lien claim or to mail such notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for such charges as provided herein.
(c) Property subject to a lien for unpaid cure charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the charges after deducting costs, as is the case with the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be in equity in the name of the village.
(d) The village attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name of the village in any court having jurisdiction over such matter, against any property for which such bill has remained unpaid 30 days after it has been rendered.