[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Patchogue 3-28-1960 by Ord. No. 8.2 of the Unified Code of Ordinances of 1960 (Ch. 19 of the 1968 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of assisting the Police Justice
of the Village of Patchogue 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 Police Justice of the Village of Patchogue 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 Police
Justice of said Village may designate.
[Amended 2-8-1982 by L.L. No. 8-1982[1]]
The Traffic Violations Bureau so established
shall dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances and rules
and regulations affecting parking, by permitting a person charged
with an offense, within the limitations herein stated, to answer within
a specified time, at such Traffic Violations Bureau, either in person
or by written power of attorney, in such form as may be prescribed
in this chapter, by paying such fine as may be prescribed by the court,
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 a plea and pay such a fine in court.
Acceptance of such fine and power of attorney
by the Bureau shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation,
and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states.
[Amended 3-28-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005[1]]
Upon the failure of a person, or the owner of
a vehicle, to whom a summons is issued to appear or answer, on or
before the return date or any subsequent adjourned date, a summons
or summonses charging that the person or owner has violated any of
the provisions under the purview of this chapter, late penalties shall
be imposed as follows:
A.
If the summons has not been answered and the required
penalty has not be paid within 30 days from the date the summons was
issued, a late penalty equal to the original fine shall be added to
the total fine;
B.
If the summons shall remain unanswered and the required
penalty remain unpaid within 60 days from the date the summons was
issued, an additional late penalty equal to the original fine shall
be added to the total fine; and
C.
If the summons shall remain unanswered and the required
penalty remain unpaid within 90 days from the date the summons was
issued, an additional late penalty equal to the original fine shall
be added to the total fine.
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, shall 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.
Such 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 3-28-2005 by L. L. No. 5-2005[1]]
The fines and penalties set forth by the court
may be satisfied at the Bureau as hereinbefore stated.
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.
[Amended 3-28-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
The power of attorney referred to in § 112-3 hereof shall be in the following form:
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I hereby plead guilty to the charge stated on
the reverse of this ticket; waive the aid of counsel and submit payment.
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