[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Huntington 4-6-1976 by L.L. No. 2-1976 (Ch. 2 of the 1969
Code of the Town of Huntington); amended in its entirety 10-19-2016 by L.L. No. 43-2016. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The code enforcement officer, ordinance inspector,
town investigators, building inspectors, housing inspectors, zoning
inspectors, plumbing inspectors, engineering inspectors, chief of
the fire prevention bureau, animal control officers, dog wardens,
police officers, peace officers, harbor masters, bay constables, security
officers, park rangers and other public servants of the Town of Huntington
are hereby authorized, directed and permitted to issue appearance
tickets pursuant to § 150.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law
in the course of instituting prosecutions against violators of the
Code of the Town of Huntington.
As part of the application process, all applicants seeking to be hired by the Town for the positions listed in § 4-1, above, upon the effective date hereof, shall be required to be fingerprinted through and shall pay the cost for the services of a New York State Division of Criminal Justice Service-approved statewide vendor-managed civil fingerprint capture system. Fingerprint reports shall be forwarded to the Town Personnel Officer.
If a prospective applicant has been convicted of a crime, any
decision regarding such prospective applicant's fitness for a license
must be made upon consideration of New York State Correction Law §§ 701-703-b
and §§ 751-753. Correction Law §§ 701-703-b
provides for certificates of relief from disability and certificates
of good conduct and W51- 753 sets forth New York's public policy to
encourage the licensure and employment of persons previously convicted
of one or more criminal offenses and factors that should be considered
in making hiring determinations.
