[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Centre Island 4-5-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976 as Art. 3 of the 1976
Municipal Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch. 23.
The Village Justice of the Incorporated Village of Centre Island
is hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau for
said Village.
The Traffic Violations Bureau, when so established, shall be
authorized to dispose of violations of Village laws, ordinances, rules
and regulations when such offenses shall not constitute the traffic
infraction known as speeding or a misdemeanor or a felony, as follows:
A.
By permitting a person charged with an offense, within the limitations
hereinabove stated, to answer within a period of 30 days at the Traffic
Violations Bureau, either in person or by written power of attorney
in the form hereinafter set forth, by paying the fine designated by
the Village Justice for such violation and, in writing, waiving a
hearing in Court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the
person in charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau to make such a plea
and pay such a fine in Court; provided, however, that any person who
shall have been, within the preceding 12 months, adjudged guilty of
a number of parking violations in excess of such number as may be
designated by the Justice of the Village of Centre Island or of three
or more traffic violations other than parking violations shall not
be permitted to appear and answer to a subsequent violation at the
Traffic Violations Bureau but shall be required to appear in Court
at a time to be specified by the Bureau.
B.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney by the Traffic
Violations Bureau shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation,
and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states.
A.
Any summons charging a parking violation may be served upon the violator
in person or may be affixed to the motor vehicle involved in the violation.
B.
If, in any parking violation case where the summons was affixed to
the motor vehicle and not served personally, no one answers as hereinabove
provided within the time designated in the summons, the Traffic Violations
Bureau shall send a letter, by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the registered owner of such vehicle as disclosed by the records
of the Department of Motor Vehicles, enclosing a copy of the summons
and warning the registered owner that he will be held responsible
for the appearance of the offender and directing the registered owner
to answer the summons in the manner hereinabove provided within a
designated time, which shall not be less than six days from the date
of mailing of said letter.
C.
If any person served personally with a summons under this chapter, or if any registered owner of the motor vehicle involved who is served and notified as provided in Subsection B of this section, does not answer as hereinabove provided within the designated time, the Traffic Violations Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against him forthwith and shall apply for a warrant to be issued for his arrest and appearance before the Court.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall perform such other or additional
duties as shall be prescribed by law, by the Village Justice or the
Board of the Trustees of the Village.
The power of attorney referred to in this chapter shall be in
the following form:
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned hereby acknowledges service of the summons herein,
waives a hearing in Court, pleads guilty to the offense charged in
the summons and authorizes the Clerk of the Traffic Violations Bureau
of the Incorporated Village of Centre Island to appear in Court for
me, to make such plea of guilty on my behalf and to pay the prescribed
fine using the money enclosed.
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Signed
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Print your name
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Address
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize
the Traffic Violations Bureau 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.
