[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Canton 11-10-1975 by L.L. No. 5-1975 as Ch. 36 of the 1975 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 312.
For the purpose of assisting the Village Justice of the Village of Canton, New York, in the disposition of charges in relation to traffic violations, pursuant to Article 14-B of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, §§ 370, 371 and 372, the Village Justice of the Village of Canton 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 the Village of Canton may designate.
The Traffic Violations Bureau is hereby authorized:
A. 
To dispose of violations of parking ordinances, rules and regulations of the Village of Canton.
B. 
To receive cash bail bonds in amounts specified by the Village Justice of the Village of Canton from all persons who must or wish to be heard in the Village Justice's Court concerning violations of parking ordinances, rules and regulations, when such violations occur at such times when the Village Justice's Court is not in session or cannot be legally convened.
A. 
The following duties are hereby imposed upon the Traffic Violations Bureau. It shall:
(1) 
Accept designated fines and issue receipts therefor covering violations of the parking ordinances, rules and regulations of the Village of Canton.
(2) 
Receive and issue receipts for cash bail bonds at times and in amounts to be designated or specified by the Village Justice of the Village of Canton.
(3) 
Cause a complaint to be entered and a summons issued for the appearance of all persons violating the parking ordinances of the Village of Canton when such persons charged with such violations of such ordinances do not answer within a designated time.
(4) 
Not accept a fine for a violation of the parking ordinances, rules and regulations from any person who has been guilty of three or more violations of such parking ordinances, rules and regulations within the preceding 12 months. Such person guilty of three or more violations must be summoned to appear in the Village Justice's Court.
(5) 
Keep records and submit detailed monthly reports to the Village Justice of all notices of summons issued for violations of the parking ordinances, rules and regulations of the Village of Canton and of all cash bail bonds collected by the Bureau and simultaneously transmit all sums collected to the Village Justice or Acting Village Justice.
(6) 
Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Village Justice.
B. 
Nothing contained in this chapter shall authorize the Traffic Violations Bureau to deprive a person of his rights to counsel or to prevent him from exercising his right to appear in court to answer, explain or defend any charge of a violation of any parking ordinance, rule or regulation of the Village of Canton.