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enter judgment against the City of Lakewood, shall dismiss the charge of the Parking <br />Infraction. against the person, and shall enter the judgment and dismissal in the records <br />of the Parking Violations Bureau. <br />(5) A default judgment entered under this Section may be vacated by <br />the Hearing Examiner who entered it if all of the following apply: <br />(a) The person against whom the default judgment was entered <br />files a motion with the Parking Violations Bureau within one (1) year of the date of <br />entry of the judgment; <br />(b) The motion sets forth a sufficient defense to the Parking <br />Infraction out of which the judgment arose; and <br />(c) The motion sets forth excusable neglect as to the person's <br />failure to attend the hearing or answer the notification of such infraction. <br />(C) Payment of any judgment or default judgment entered against a person <br />pursuant to this Section shall be made to the Parking Violations Bureau in which the <br />judgment was entered within ten (10) days of the date of entry. All money paid in <br />satisfaction of a judgment or default judgment shall be disbursed by the Parking <br />Violations Bureau to the City of Lakewood, Department .of Finance, and the Parking <br />Violations Bureau shall enter the fact of payment of the money and disbursement in the <br />records of the Parking Violations Bureau. If payment is not made within this time <br />period, the judgment or default judgment shall be filed with the office of the Clerk of <br />Courts, Civil Division, and when so filed, shall have the same force and effect as a <br />money judgment in a civil action rendered in the court. <br />Judgments and default judgments filed with the Lakewood Municipal Court, office <br />of the Clerk of Courts, Civil Division, shall be maintained in a separate index and <br />judgment roll from other judgments rendered in that court. When a judgment or default <br />judgment is filed with the court, execution may be levied, and such other measures <br />may be taken for its collection as are authorized for the collection of an unpaid money <br />judgment in a civil action rendered in that court. The Municipal Court may assess costs <br />against the judgment debtor, as permitted by the Ohio Revised Code for each Parking <br />Infraction, to be paid upon satisfaction of the judgment. <br />(D) Any person against whom a judgment or default judgment is entered <br />pursuant to this Section and the City of Lakewood if judgment is entered against the <br />City pursuant to this Section may appeal the judgment or default judgment. to the <br />Lakewood Municipal Court by filing notices of appeal with the Parking Violations Bureau <br />and the Municipal Court within fifteen (15) days of the date of entry of the judgment <br />and by the payment of such reasonable costs as the court requires. Upon the filing of <br />an appeal, the court shall schedule a hearing date and notify the parties of the date, <br />-3- <br />