[CC 2000 §370.005; CC 1990 §385.010; Ord. No. 826 §1, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 1119 §1, 1-5-1998]
A. There
is hereby created and established a Violations Bureau which shall
assist the Pagedale Municipal Court in handling minor traffic violations.
The Violations Bureau shall be in the charge of the Court Clerk and
his/her deputy or deputies.
B. Persons
who have received notices for traffic violations may within seven
(7) days from receipt of said notice, except as may otherwise be provided
in this Chapter, answer at the Violations Bureau to the charges set
forth in such notice by paying a prescribed fine and, in writing,
plead guilty to the charge, waiving a hearing in court and giving
power of attorney to the person in charge of the Violations Bureau
to make such plea and pay such fine in the Pagedale Municipal Court.
Acceptance of the fine prescribed and power of attorney by the Violations
Bureau shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation and
the violator shall be given a receipt therefor.
C. Any
person who has pled or been adjudged guilty of any minor traffic violation
within the preceding twelve (12) months shall not be permitted to
pay a fine at said Violations Bureau but must appear in the Pagedale
Municipal Court at the time specified in the aforesaid notice.
[CC 2000 §370.015; CC 1990 §385.020; Ord. No. 32 §5, 4-25-1950]
Arrest made for careless driving, speeding, driving while intoxicated,
driving under age of sixteen (16) years, driving with defective brakes,
driving over closed street, driving without State license tag, leaving
the scene of an accident and for all other offenses listed in this
Code and not set forth in the foregoing schedule shall be sent and
tried in the Municipal Court.
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.