The Village Board of the Village of Horseheads is hereby empowered to
appoint, designate, assign and commission, by local law, ordinance, rule or
resolution, any employee or employees of the village, and individuals under
contract to the village, to enforce violations of state statutes, local laws,
ordinances or rules and regulations of the village and to issue summonses
or appearance tickets in accordance with Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure
Law of the State of New York, as amended, against any person, persons, parties
or entities relating to the enforcement of any state statute, local law, ordinance,
resolution, rule or regulation of the Village of Horseheads, and to remove
or replace any such personnel and to promulgate rules and regulations prescribing
their activities thereunder.
The above notwithstanding, the following public servants of the Village
of Horseheads, or persons under contract to the Village of Horseheads having
the following titles, are hereby authorized to issue and serve an appearance
ticket with respect to violations of a state statute, local law, ordinance,
resolution, rule or regulation of the Village of Horseheads that such public
servants are, respectively, required or authorized to enforce by same or hereunder:
A. Code Enforcement Officer: all state statutes providing
for such authorization and all local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules
and regulations of the village including its Code.
B. Community service officers: all local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the village which specifically provide for enforcement thereof by community service officers (Chapters
80,
85,
98,
102,
142,
171,
179,
192,
204,
213,
219,
233,
235 and
245 of the Village Code, together with Article 32 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.).
C. Dog Control Officer: the provisions of Article 7 of the
Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York, as amended, and any
other local law, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation of the village
pertaining to the control of animals in the village.
D. Village police officers: all local laws, ordinances,
resolutions, rules and regulations of the village, including its Code, together
with such state statutes, laws, rules and regulations as are enforceable by
police officers as that term is defined in the New York State Criminal Procedure
Law.
The summonses or appearance tickets issued pursuant to this chapter,
other than for a traffic infraction relating to parking, shall be personally
served.
The summons or appearance ticket issued pursuant to this chapter shall
be returnable in the Justice Court of the Village of Horseheads, New York,
and shall be in a form prescribed in accordance with the provisions of the
Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York relating to accusatory instruments.