[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees, of the Village of Lloyd Harbor 2-28-1983 as Article 3 of L.L. No. 2-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Village Justice is hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau for the village.
The Traffic Violations Bureau, when so established, shall be authorized to dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, when such offenses shall not constitute a misdemeanor or a felony, as follows:
A. 
By permitting a person charged with an offense within the limitations hereinabove stated to answer within a period of 10 days at the Traffic Violations Bureau, either in person or by written power of attorney in the form hereinafter set forth, by paying the fine designated by the Village Justice for such violation and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the person in charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau to make such a plea and pay such a fine in court; provided, however, that any person who shall have been, within the preceding 12 months, adjudged guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of such number as may be designated by the Village Justice or of three or more traffic violations, other than parking violations, shall not be permitted to appear and answer to a subsequent violation at the Traffic Violations Bureau but shall be required to appear in court at a time to be specified by the Bureau.
B. 
Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney by the Traffic Violations Bureau shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation, and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states.
Any summons charging a parking violation may be served upon the violator in person or may be affixed to the motor vehicle involved in the violation.
A. 
If, in any parking violation case where the summons was affixed to the motor vehicle and not served personally, no one answers, as hereinabove provided, within the time designated in the summons, the Traffic Violations Bureau shall send a letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registered owner of such vehicle as disclosed by the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, enclosing a copy of the summons and warning the registered owner:
(1) 
To answer the summons in the manner hereinabove provided within a designated time which shall not be less than six days from the date of mailing of said letter.
(2) 
That if the registered owner is not the offender, the registered owner will be held responsible for the appearance of the offender.
(3) 
That if the summons is not answered in the designated time, a warrant shall be issued for the registered owner's arrest 15 days from the date of receipt of said letter.
B. 
If any person served personally with a summons under this chapter or if any registered owner of the motor vehicle involved who is served and notified as provided in Subsection A does not answer, as hereinabove provided, within the designated time, the Traffic Violations Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against said person forthwith and shall apply for a warrant to be issued for said person's arrest and appearance before the court.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall perform such other or additional duties as shall be prescribed by law, by the Village Justice or by the Board of Trustees.
The power of attorney referred to in this chapter shall be in the following form:
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby acknowledges service of the summons herein, waives a hearing in court, pleads guilty to the offense charged in said summons and authorizes the Village Clerk of the Traffic Violations Bureau of the Incorporated Village of Lloyd Harbor to appear in court for me, to make such plea of guilty on my behalf and to pay the prescribed fine using the money enclosed.
Signed___________________________________
Print your name__________________________
Address__________________________________
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize the Traffic Violations Bureau to deprive a person of his/her right to counsel or to prevent him/her from exercising his/her right to appear in court to answer to, explain or defend any charge of a violation of any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.