[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Larchmont
10-15-1962 as Ch. XII of the Revised General Ordinances, as amended through
8-4-1975. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-14-1987 by L.L.
No. 4-1987]
The Court in the Village of Larchmont, the Village Justice Court, is
hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau to assist the Court
in the disposition of offenses in relation to traffic violations. Such Bureau
shall be in charge of such person or persons and shall be open at such hours
as the Court may designate.
A.
Such Traffic Violations Bureau is hereby authorized to
dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations,
when such offenses shall not constitute the traffic infraction known as speeding
or a misdemeanor or felony, by permitting a person charged with an offense,
within the limitations herein stated, to answer, within a specified time,
at the Traffic Violations Bureau, either in person or by written power of
attorney in the form hereinafter prescribed in this chapter, by paying a prescribed
fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty to the charge
and authorizing the person in charge of the Bureau to make such a plea and
pay such a fine in court.
B.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney
by the Bureau shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation, and
the violator shall be given a receipt which so states.
C.
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not
answer within 10 days, as hereinbefore prescribed, the Traffic Violations
Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against him/her forthwith and
a warrant to be issued for his/her arrest and appearance before the Court.
D.
Any person who shall have been, within the preceding
12 months, guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of such maximum
number as may be designated by the Court, or of three or more violations other
than parking violations, shall not be permitted to appear and answer to a
subsequent violation at the Traffic Violations Bureau but must appear in court
at a time specified by the Bureau.
E.
Such Traffic Violations Bureau is not authorized to deprive
a person of his/her right to counsel or to prevent him/her from exercising
his/her 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 Court shall designate the fines to be paid for offenses, which may
be satisfied at the Bureau as hereinbefore stated, provided that such fines
are within the limits established as penalties for such offenses.
A Traffic Violations Bureau, as herein authorized, 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.
[Amended 9-14-1987 by L.L.
No. 4-1987]
Such written power of attorney shall be in substantially the following
form or in such form as to carry out the provisions and intent of this chapter:
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CLERK OF VILLAGE JUSTICE COURT
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AUTHORIZATION AND WAIVER
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I, the undersigned, hereby waive a hearing in the Village Justice Court
of the Village of Larchmont, New York, and plead guilty to the charge specified
in the annexed summons. I authorize the person in charge of the Traffic Violations
Bureau of said Court to make such a plea and pay the prescribed fine in court.
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Dated:
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(Signature)
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