[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great
Neck as Ch. 40 of the 1976 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 537.
For the purpose of assisting the Village Justice of the Village of Great
Neck in the disposition of offenses in relation to traffic violations, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 14-B, §§ 370, 371 and 372, of
the General Municipal Law, the Village Justice of said Village is hereby authorized
to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in charge of such person or persons
and shall be open at such hours as the Village Justice of said Village may
designate.
The Traffic Violations Bureau so established shall dispose of violations
of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations regarding all offenses
and traffic infractions other than speeding or those designated as a misdemeanor,
by permitting a person charged with an offense, within the limitations herein
stated, to answer, on the return date specified in the summons, between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, at
the Traffic Violations Bureau, 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 plea and pay such fine in
court.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine by the Bureau shall be deemed complete
satisfaction for the violation, and the violator shall be given a receipt
which so states.
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not answer, as hereinbefore
prescribed, on the return date specified in the summons as aforesaid, 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.
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 guilty 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.
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.
The Village Justice shall designate the fines to be paid for the first
and subsequent 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.
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.
