[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great
Neck Plaza 2-16-1953 as Ord. No. 2. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 206.
For the purpose of assisting the Village Justice of the Village of Great
Neck Plaza in the disposition of offenses in relation to traffic violations
pursuant to the provisions of Art. 14-B, §§ 370, 371 and 372,
of the General Municipal Law, the Village Justice of said village is hereby
authorized to establish a Traffic Violation Bureau.
The Traffic Violation Bureau shall be in charge of such person or persons
and shall be open at such hours as the Village Justice of said village may
designate.
The Traffic Violation Bureau so established shall dispose of violations
of regulations and ordinances affecting parking on public highways and including
violations of ordinances regulating parking in municipal parking fields by
permitting a person charged with an offense, within the limitation herein
stated, to answer at any time from the receipt of the summons to a time 48
hours prior to the return day at such Traffic Violation Bureau by paying a
prescribed fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty
to the charge or authorizing the person in charge of the Bureau to make such
plea and pay such fine in court.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine by the Bureau shall be deemed complete
satisfaction for the violation, and the violator shall be given a receipt
which so states.
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not answer as hereinbefore
prescribed prior to the return day specified in the summons after the service
of the summons upon him, the Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered
against him forthwith and a warrant to be issued for his arrest and appearance
before the court.
Any person who has been guilty of a number of parking violations in
excess of such maximum number as may be designated by the court within the
preceding 12 months shall not be permitted to appear and answer to a subsequent
violation at the Traffic Violation Bureau but must appear in court at a time
specified by the Bureau.
The Traffic Violation Bureau shall not be authorized to deprive a person
of his right to counsel or to prevent him from exercising his right to appear
in court to answer to, explain or defend any charge of a violation of any
traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
The Village Justice shall designate the fines to be paid for the first
and subsequent offenses which may be satisfied at the Bureau as hereinbefore
stated, provided that such fines are within the limits established for penalties
for such offenses.
The Traffic Violation Bureau shall keep a record of all violations of
which each person has been guilty, whether such guilt was established in court
or in the Bureau, and also a record of all fines collected and the disposition
thereof. It shall also perform such other or additional duties and keep such
other or additional records as shall be prescribed by the court and/or the
Board of Trustees.
