This chapter is enacted pursuant to and consistent with the
authority provided under § 3-301 of the Village Law of the
State of New York and Articles 2 and 3 of the Municipal Home Rule
Law.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Sag Harbor has determined
that it will be in the interest of the health, safety, and welfare
of the residents of the Village of Sag Harbor for the Village to have
its own Justice Court to adjudicate local traffic, criminal and building
and zoning matters. The Board of Trustees has determined that the
creation of the office of Village Justice, with one Village Justice
to be elected and the other to be appointed as Acting Village Justice
in the absence of the Village Justice, will be sufficient to meet
the needs for local law enforcement.
This chapter is subject to permissive referendum.