[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Ramapo 7-28-1969 by L.L. No. 4-1969. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 267.
This chapter shall be known as the "Local Law
Establishing a Traffic Violations Bureau for the Town of Ramapo."
The Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, wishing
to assist the residents of the Town and the Justice Court in the disposition
of offenses relating to traffic and parking violations, does hereby,
pursuant to § 370 of the General Municipal Law, create a
Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be authorized
to dispose of any violations of the traffic laws, ordinances, rules
and regulations when such offenses shall not constitute the traffic
infraction known as speeding or a misdemeanor or felony.
A.
Any individual may plead guilty to an offense within
the jurisdiction of the Traffic Violations Bureau by a written document
in such form as prescribed by the Traffic Violations Bureau, waiving
the right to trial, and inclusion with said document of the payment
of such fine as shall be designated by the Justice Court for said
offense, provided such fines are within the limits established as
penalties for such offense.
B.
Within the time specified on the summons, a person
may appear personally, or by designated person, or by written power
of attorney, in such form as prescribed by the Traffic Violations
Bureau, before the Traffic Violations Bureau to answer the violation
alleged. Said violation may be satisfied by payment of the prescribed
fine and a writing waiving a court hearing. Fulfillment of said conditions
shall presumptively be considered a plea of guilty, which plea the
Bureau Director shall be authorized to enter.
C.
Fulfillment of said conditions shall be deemed complete
satisfaction for the violation, and the violator shall be given a
receipt which so states.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not answer the violation, as prescribed in § 69-5, within a time specified on the notice of violation, the Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against said person and a warrant to be issued for said person's arrest and appearance before the court, such summons to be predicated upon the personal service of said summons upon the person charged with the infraction.
Any person who shall have been, within the preceding
12 months, guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of a
maximum number to be established by the court, or of three or more
violations other than parking violations, shall not be permitted to
appear and answer to a subsequent violation before 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 Justice Court shall designate the fines
to be paid for offenses which may be satisfied at the Bureau as provided
in this chapter, provided such fines are within the limits established
as penalties for such offenses.
A.
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.
B.
The Bureau 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 Town Board.
