[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Sands Point 4-25-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 7-26-2022 by L.L. No. 12-2022]
The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Sands Point hereby declares its intent to exercise the power granted
by § 10(4)(a) of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State
of New York by adopting a local law authorizing certain Village officials
and employees to issue appearance tickets for violations of any statute,
local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation relating to the public health,
safety, and welfare.
[Amended 2-24-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009; 7-26-2022 by L.L. No. 12-2022]
The following persons are authorized to issue
appearance tickets in accordance with Article 150 of the Criminal
Procedure Law to any person, party, or entity for violations of any
statute, local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation relating to public
health, safety, and welfare:
An appearance ticket issued pursuant to this
chapter shall be returnable in the Village Justice Court of the Incorporated
Village of Sands Point, Tibbits Lane, Sands Point, New York, and shall
be in a form prescribed in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal
Procedure Law relating to accusatory instruments.
[Added 7-26-2022 by L.L.
No. 12-2022]
Unless otherwise expressly specified in the Village Code, a
notice to cure a violation of any statute, local law, ordinance, rule,
or regulation is not required prior to the issuance of an appearance
ticket for a violation of any statute, local law, ordinance, rule,
or regulation.
[Added 7-26-2022 by L.L.
No. 12-2022]
Unless otherwise specified in the Village Code, any Person,
firm, corporation, legal entity of any kind and however established
in law, found to have violated any statute, local law, ordinance,
rule, or regulation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to
a fine not exceeding $20,000.00 for each violation, regardless of
any convictions for prior violations.
