Town of Wales, NY Chapter 4 Appearance Tickets

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wales 5-11-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Animals — See Ch. 79.

Building construction — See Ch. 84.

Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 189.

Zoning — See Ch. 200.

§ 4-1 Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize public servants of the Town of Wales to issue and serve appearance tickets in connection with violations of state statutes, local laws, ordinances or rules and regulations of the Town which the public servants are authorized or required to enforce.

§ 4-2 Authorization.

The following public servants of the Town of Wales are hereby authorized to issue and serve an appearance ticket with respect to violation of a state statute or a local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Town of Wales that such public servants are, respectively, required or authorized to enforce:

A. Building Zoning Officer and Zoning Enforcement Officer: building, zoning, planning, fire prevention and safety or others as authorized by the Town Board from time to time.

B. Constables: parking and public health, safety and welfare of others as authorized by the Town Board from time to time.

C. Dog Control Officer: violation of an animal ordinance,[1] except when preempted by the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law.

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 79, Animals.

§ 4-3 Service; form.

A. An appearance ticket other than for a parking violation will be served personally.

B. The appearance ticket shall be in the form as the Town Board of the Town of Wales may authorize from time to time.