[Amended 6-10-1997 by L.L. No. 11-1997; 3-27-2001 by L.L. No.
5-2001]
A. Every person convicted of a violation of the following sections of
this Code shall be punished in accordance with the following schedule:
[Amended 12-9-2014 by L.L. No. 21-2014]
(1) For violation of §§ 36B and 37B, by a fine of $225, plus any surcharge payable to other governmental entities, and penalties under §
45 for late payment, if applicable.
(2) For violation of § 15B(1) through and including B(11), of § 15C, and of any offense in Articles III and IV, except §§
20 and
23 of this Code, by a fine of $80, plus any surcharge payable to other governmental entities, and penalties under §
45 for late payment, if applicable.
(3) For violation of §§
20 and
23 of this Code and any offense in Article IX of this Code, except those enumerated above in the preceding Subsection
A(1) and
(2), by a fine of $30, plus any surcharge payable to other governmental entities, and penalties under §
45 for late payment, if applicable.
(4) For commission of any other violation under this Code, except for those enumerated above in this Subsection
A and except for violations under the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, by a fine of $100, plus any surcharge payable to other governmental entities, and penalties under §
45 for late payment, if applicable.
B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, the maximum
amount payable for the violation of any provision of this Code, including
fines, surcharges of other governmental entities and penalties for
late payment, shall be $500 for any one offense.
[Added 6-10-1997 by L.L. No. 11-1997]
The Clerk is authorized to utilize the following fines for parking
summonses returnable in the District Court of Nassau County or the
Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency:
A. For parking summonses paid on or before the return date indicated
thereon, only the fine amount indicated on the summons shall be imposed.
B. For parking summonses paid after the return date indicated thereon,
$10 in addition to the fine amount indicated on the summons shall
be imposed as an increased fine for late payment, except for those
parking infractions where the increased fine will exceed the maximum
amount of fine established by law, ordinance or regulation.
C. For parking summonses paid after the return date indicated thereon,
and after the issuance of the first warning notice for the particular
summons, the following will apply, except for those parking infractions
where the increased fine will exceed the maximum amount of fine established
by law, ordinance or regulation:
(1) Where the parking violation is of a law, regulation or ordinance
providing for a maximum fine of $100 per violation, a total of $50
in addition to the fine amount indicated on the summons shall be imposed
as a late payment fine.
(2) Where the parking violation is of a law, regulation or ordinance
providing for a maximum fine of $50 per violation, a total of $25
in addition to the fine amount indicated on the summons shall be imposed
as a late payment fine.
(3) Where the parking violation is of a law, regulation or ordinance
providing for a maximum fine of $25 per violation, a total of $10
in addition to the fine amount indicated on the summons shall be imposed
as a late payment fine.
D. For parking violations unpaid after the time prescribed in the first
warning notice, the second notice will include an additional fine
of the balance of the maximum amount allowed by law as a late payment
fine.
E. The present form of parking ticket shall remain with the ticket number
printed in bar code, including vehicle identification information
consisting of registration expiration date and registration type.
The following notice shall also be included in red, upper-case, bold-face
characters:
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"IF PAYMENT IS NOT MADE BY THE DATE INDICATED, ADDITIONAL FINES
WILL BE ASSESSED."
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If any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or provision of this Traffic Code shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication shall not
affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined
in its operation to the article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in
which such judgment shall have been rendered.
All prior ordinances, regulations and rules, or parts thereof,
of this town regulating traffic and parking are hereby repealed, except
that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment
of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance,
regulation or rule hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this
Traffic Code.