This chapter shall be known as the "Local Law Establishing a
Traffic Violations Bureau for the Village of Nyack."
The Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Nyack, wishing
to assist the residents of the Village and the Justice Court in the
disposition of offenses relating to traffic and parking violations
does hereby, pursuant to Article 14B, General Municipal Law, § 370
et seq., create a Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be authorized to dispose
of any violations of the traffic laws, ordinances and rules and regulations
when such offenses shall not constitute the traffic infraction known
as speeding or a misdemeanor or felony.
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not answer to the violation, as prescribed in §
95-5, within the time specified in the notice of violation, the Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against said person, and a warrant to be issued for said person's arrest and appearance before the court.
Any person who shall have been, within the preceding 12 months,
guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of a maximum number
to be established by the court, or three or more violations other
than parking violations, will not be permitted to appear and answer
to a subsequent violation before the Traffic Violations Bureau, but
must appear in court at a time specified by the Bureau.
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 of any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
[Amended 11-10-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
The Village Board of Trustees shall designate the range of authorized
fees and fines to be paid for parking offenses within the Village
of Nyack, and said fees and fines shall be set forth in the Standard
Schedule of Fees of the Village of Nyack, which may be amended by
resolution of the Village Board. The Village Justice or Acting Village Justice shall impose
fines assessed for violations, which may be satisfied at the Bureau,
as provided in this section, provided that such fines are within the
limits established as penalties for such offenses.
A Traffic Violations Bureau shall be established within 10 days
after adoption of this chapter by the Village Board.