For the purpose of assisting the Town Justice of the Town of
Delhi, New York, in the disposition of charges in relation to traffic
violations within the Village of Delhi, pursuant to Article 14-B of
the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, the Village of
Delhi is hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau is hereby authorized:
A. To dispose of traffic violations and violations of parking ordinances
as well as rules and regulations of the Village of Delhi relating
to traffic and parking enforcement.
B. To receive cash bail bonds in the amounts specified by a Town Justice
of the Town of Delhi from all persons who must or wish to be heard
in the Town of Delhi Justice Court concerning violations of Village
parking ordinances, rules and regulations, when such violations occur
at such times when the Town Justice Court is not in session or cannot
be legally convened.
The Village of Delhi Board of Trustees shall designate an individual
or Village department to be in charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Village of Delhi Board of Trustees shall also designate such hours
that the Traffic Violations Bureau shall be open.
The Village of Delhi Board of Trustees shall designate the amount
of the fines to be paid for offenses, which may be satisfied at the
Traffic Violations Bureau as set forth herein, provided that such
fines are within the limits established as penalties for such offenses.
The Village of Delhi Board of Trustees shall also designate the amount
of fines to be paid for unpaid offenses.
In addition to the duties set forth in §
81-4 of this chapter, a person who has received a notice of traffic infraction shall be permitted within the time specified in said notice to answer at the Traffic Violations Bureau to the charges set forth therein, except as limited by §
81-4 of this chapter, either in person or by power of attorney, by paying a prescribed fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty to the charge and giving a power of attorney to the Traffic Violations Bureau to make such a plea and pay such a fine in court, or a person may answer said notice at said Traffic Violations Bureau by depositing a cash bail as set forth in §
81-4 of this chapter.