[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Troy 6-1-1978 (§ 1-11
of Ch. 1 of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City Council deems it necessary to provide by law specially authorized
public servants who may issue appearance tickets pursuant to § 150.21(3)
of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 7-6-2000 by Ord. No. 12; 10-2-2003
by L.L. No. 4-2003]
The following public servants of the City of Troy are hereby authorized
to issue appearance tickets in the performance of their respective duties
when commencing prosecutions under the Code of the City of Troy: Plans Examiner,
Fire Inspector, Director of Code Enforcement, Principal Code Inspector, Senior
Code Inspector, Code Inspectors, Assistant Code Inspectors, Commissioner of
Public Works or his/her designee, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation or
his/her designee.
The power to use the appearance ticket shall not imply any restraint
upon the power of the aforementioned public servants to utilize the alternative
methods of commencing prosecution under the Code of the City of Troy, as may
be provided by law.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term "appearance ticket" shall
have the same definition as provided in Article 150, § 150.10 of
the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York, and the procedure governing
its use shall conform in all respects to the procedure as enumerated in Article
150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York, and other applicable
articles of that law.
