[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Northport
10-4-1966 by L.L. No. 3-1966 as Ch. 76 of the 1966 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 282.
There shall be established in the Incorporated Village of Northport
pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-B, §§ 370, 371, 372
and 373 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York a Traffic Violations
Bureau to be constituted, organized, empowered and to function in the following
manner:
A.
The Village Justice of the Incorporated Village of Northport
in order to assist the Village Justice's Court in said village in the disposition
of offenses in relation to traffic violations is hereby authorized to and
shall establish a Traffic Violations Bureau for said village.
B.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in the charge
of such person or persons and shall be open at such hours as the said Village
Justice may designate.
A.
The Traffic Violations Bureau is 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.
B.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall exercise its authority
to dispose of the violations aforesaid by permitting a person charged with
an offense as limited herein, within a period of 10 days:
(1)
To answer at the Traffic Violations Bureau in person
or by written power of attorney in the form hereinafter prescribed;
(2)
To waive, in writing, a hearing in court;
(3)
To plead guilty, in writing, to the offense or offenses
charged;
(4)
To authorize, in writing, the person in charge of the
Bureau to make such a plea and to pay the prescribed fine in court;
(5)
To pay the prescribed fine to the person in charge of
the Bureau.
C.
The Traffic Violations Bureau upon such personal appearance
or upon the acceptance of such written power of attorney, upon the acceptance
of such written waiver, plea and authorization and upon the payment of the
prescribed fine shall give the violator a receipt which shall state that the
violation is completely satisfied, and thereupon the violation shall be deemed
so satisfied.
D.
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not
answer as herein prescribed within the aforesaid period of 10 days, 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.
E.
Any person who shall have been, within the preceding
12 months, guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of three or
such other 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.
F.
The Traffic Violations 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 or any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
G.
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.
The Traffic Violations 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 of said village.
B.
The power of attorney referred to in § 69-2B(1) hereof shall be in the following form:
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned acknowledges the charge of the offense noted herein,
waives a hearing in court, pleads guilty to the offense charged and authorizes
the Clerk of the Traffic Violations Bureau of the Incorporated Village of
Northport, New York, to appear in court for him to make such plea of guilty
on his behalf and to pay the prescribed fine using the moneys enclosed herewith
or submitted herewith.
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Signed
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Your Name)
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(Write
Your Name)
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