The Village Justice of the Village of Depew, New York, is hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau to assist the Court in the disposition of charges in relation to traffic violations, pursuant to Article 14-B of the General Municipal Law.
The Village Justice shall designate the person or persons who shall be in charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau and the days and hours that the Bureau shall be open for the transaction of its official business.
The Traffic Violations Bureau is hereby authorized to dispose of violations pertaining to standing, stopping or parking prohibitions and any other nonmoving violations specified by the Village Justice after a person has been notified of a violation by the affixing of a notice of violation on a vehicle parked in violation of any provisions of this chapter or the Vehicle and Traffic Law within 48 hours of the time of affixing said notice.
A. 
A person may appear in person or by a written power of attorney in such form as shall be prescribed by the Village Justice by paying a fine established by the Village Justice and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the person in charge of the Bureau to make such a plea and pay such a fine in court.
B. 
The Bureau shall accept such designated fines and issue receipts therefor.
C. 
The Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against each person who does not answer within the designated time and a warrant to be issued for his arrest and appearance before the court.
D. 
Any person who shall have been, within the preceding 12 months, guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of such maximum number as may be designated 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 at the Traffic Violations Bureau, but must appear in Court at a time specified by the Bureau.
E. 
Nothing contained in this article shall authorize the Traffic Violations Bureau 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 Bureau shall keep records and submit detailed monthly reports to the Village Justice of all notices or summons issued and disposed of by said Bureau and such other information as may be prescribed by the Village Justice or by law and transmit with said reports all sums collected to the Village Justice or Acting Village Justice.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 60.85, Penalties for parking violations, added by L.L. No. 2-1977, which followed this section, was repealed 11-1-1988 by L.L. No. 7-1988.