The Violations Bureau shall keep records and submit to the Judges
hearing violations of City ordinances summarized monthly reports of
all notices issued and arrests made for violations of the traffic
laws and ordinances in the City and of all the fines collected by
the Violations Bureau or the court, and of the final disposition or
present status of every case of violation of the provisions of said
laws and ordinances. Such records shall be so maintained as to show
all types of violations and the totals of each. Said records shall
be public records.
The Violations Bureau shall follow such procedure as may be
prescribed by the traffic ordinances of the City or as may be required
by any laws of this State.
[Ord. No. 1616 §1, 1-16-2007]
A. The Municipal
Judge may by order, which may from time to time be amended, supplemented
or repealed, designate the traffic offenses and parking violations
within the authority of the Violations Bureau, provided that such
designated offenses and violations shall in no event include traffic
cases involving property damage or personal injury; operation of a
motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs or permitting another person under such influence to operate
a motor vehicle owned by the defendant or in his/her custody or control;
speeding in excess of twenty (20) miles an hour above the legal speed
limit; any second (2nd) moving violation in a one (1) year period;
driving without a license but not driving with an expired license
when within sixty (60) days after its expiration; driving when the
driver's license is suspended or revoked; or leaving the scene of
an accident.
B. The court,
by published order to be prominently posted in the place where the
fines are to be paid, shall specify by suitable schedules the amount
of fines to be imposed for first (1st) and subsequent offenses, including
fees and penalties for late or delinquent payment thereof and designating
each offense specifically in the schedules, provided such fines, fees
and penalties are within the limits declared by law. Fines and costs
shall be paid to, receipted by and accounted for by the Violations
Bureau in accordance with this Article.