[Adopted 1-25-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
The City Court of the City of Cohoes is hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau, pursuant to Article 14-B of the New York State General Municipal Law, and to designate the City Treasurer as the official in charge of such Bureau. Said Bureau shall be known as the "City of Cohoes Parking Violations Bureau," and shall have the same hours of operation as the Treasurer's Office.
A. 
The Bureau so established shall be authorized to dispose of parking, standing, and stopping violations only by permitting a person with said violation to answer, within a specified time, at the Parking Violations Bureau, either in person or by written power of attorney, in such form as prescribed by the City Court Judge, by paying a prescribed fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in Court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the Treasurer to make such a plea and pay such a fine in City Court.
B. 
The Treasurer shall have the authority to modify or reduce the prescribed fine, upon good cause shown and upon a guilty plea in person and written power of attorney to enter said guilty plea to the charged violation.
C. 
Notwithstanding any provision herein, such Bureau shall not be authorized to deprive a person from his/her right to counsel or from exercising his/her right to appear in City Court or to have a trial upon the charged violation.
A. 
A person may appear in person or by a written power of attorney, in such form as may be prescribed by the City Court Judge. by paying a fine established by the City Court Judge, and, in writing, waiving a hearing in Court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the Treasurer to make such a plea and pay such a fine in City Court.
B. 
The Bureau shall accept such designated fines and issue receipts therefor.
C. 
The City Court Judge shall establish a prescribed penalty amount for a failure to answer within a designated period of time, to be in addition to the original fine.
D. 
The Bureau may make application to the City Court for a default guilty plea after a continued failure to answer within a designated period of time, pursuant to § 1806(a) of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, and may enter a judgment for the amount due pursuant to said section.
E. 
The Bureau may make use of an outside collection agency for the purposes of collection of delinquent amounts due, and the City Court Judge may establish a prescribed administrative charge to be in addition to any fine and late penalty due, for those matters turned over to outside collection.
F. 
Any person who shall have been, within the preceding 12 months, guilty of more than six parking, standing or stopping violations shall not be permitted to appear in answer to a subsequent violation at the Parking Violations Bureau, but must appear in City Court at a time specified by the Bureau and the Court.
The Bureau shall keep records and submit detailed monthly reports to the City Court Judge of all violations of which each person has been guilty, whether established in Court or at said Bureau and all fines collected and the disposition thereof and such other information as may be prescribed by the City Court Judge or by law, and transmit with said reports all sums collected to the City Court Judge.
Any ambiguity with respect to any provision herein or interpretation hereof shall be governed by Article l4-B of the General Municipal Law, as amended.