For the purpose of improving the efficiency
of handling cases of persons guilty of minor infractions of Ordinance
No. 109, commonly known as the “Traffic Code,” and any amendments or traffic regulation orders thereto,
there is hereby established within the Village of New Haven a Violations
Bureau, at which minor cases of violations of Ordinance No. 109 may
be settled on payment of a predetermined fine at the option of the
person so charged with such violation, as hereinafter set forth.
Any person who shall be charged with violating
any provision of Ordinance No. 109, commonly known as the “Traffic
Code,” corresponding to an offense listed in the schedule contained
in this article may, if he so elects, in lieu of being required to
attend court as a respondent in a criminal case, make the payment
to the Violations Bureau for the offense so charged, in the amount
scheduled for such offense. Any person so charged, however, may demand
that the regular proceedings be followed, and decline to settle such
alleged violation at the Violations Bureau.
When a ticket is lost, defaced or destroyed,
the word "void" shall be entered in the Violation Bureau record after
the corresponding number. The Village Treasurer shall give to the
person paying fine hereunder a receipt (retaining a carbon copy) on
which shall be recorded the name of the person fined, date, character
of the offense and the amount of the fine.