[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Tuxedo 9-24-1984 as L.L. No. 6-1984. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority
of § 10, Subdivision 4(a), of the Municipal Home Rule Law
and shall be known as the "Appearance Tickets Law of the Town of Tuxedo."
The purpose of this chapter is to authorize
public servants of the Town of Tuxedo to issue and serve appearance
tickets in connection with violations of state statutes, local laws,
ordinances, rules or regulations of the Town of Tuxedo relating to
parking, licensing of occupations or businesses, fire prevention and
safety, health and sanitation and building, zoning and planning.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer
or other public servant authorized by state law or local law enacted
pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law to issue
the same directing a designated person to appear in a designated local
criminal court at a designated future time in connection with his
alleged commission of a designated offense. A notice conforming to
such definition constitutes an "appearance ticket," regardless of
whether it is referred to in some other provision of law as a summons
or by any other name or title.
A.
The following public servants of the Town of Tuxedo
are hereby authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets with respect
to violations of state statutes, local laws, ordinances, rules or
regulations of the Town of Tuxedo that such public servants are, respectively,
required or authorized to enforce:
(1)
Highway Superintendent for removal of vehicles for
snow removal.
(3)
Building Inspector for violation of any state or local
law relating to building construction or zoning.
(4)
Fire Inspector for violations of any state or local
law relating to fire prevention and safety, as well as related parking
restrictions enacted for firesafety purposes.
B.
Each of the above-named elected or appointed officials
or their deputies is authorized to carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
C.
The Building Inspector, Fire Inspector and the Town
Highway Superintendent, or their appointed deputies, shall also have
the power and authority to issue appearance tickets for violations
of those sections of the Code of the Town of Tuxedo dealing with junk
cars, junkyards, control of litter, signs, garbage and refuse, dumping,
unsafe buildings, building construction, brush, grass and weeds and
abandoned vehicles.
