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.
[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.