[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ballston 12-5-1995 by L.L. No. 6-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dog control — See Ch. 48, Art. I.
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 52.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 56.
Health and sanitation — See Ch. 73.
Solid waste — See Ch. 96.
Zoning — See Ch. 138.
A. 
It is the purpose of this chapter pursuant to § 10, Subdivision 4(a), of the Municipal Home Rule Law and § 150.20, Subdivision 3, of the Criminal Procedure Law to authorize the issuance of appearance tickets by public servants, who by virtue of office, title or position are authorized or required to enforce statutes, local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations.
B. 
[1]It is intended that this chapter apply to the following ordinances, local laws and regulations:
(1) 
The following articles, and all sections thereof, of Chapter 138, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Ballston, as amended:
(a) 
Article IV, Nonconforming Uses.
(b) 
Article V, Residential District Regulations.
(c) 
Article VI, Retail Business District Regulations.
(d) 
Article VII, Rural District Regulations.
(e) 
Article VIII, Industrial District Regulations.
(f) 
Article XI, Signs.
(g) 
Article XII, Activity Standards for Annoying and Injurious Substances, Conditions and Operations.
(h) 
Article XIII, Lighting.
(i) 
Article XIV, Traffic Hazards.
(j) 
Article XVII, Automobile Salvage Yards, Junkyards and Abandoned Vehicles.
(k) 
Article XIX, Excavations for Soil Mining.
(l) 
Article XX, Swimming Pools.
(m) 
Article XXII, Administration and Enforcement.
(2) 
The following chapters of the Code of the Town of Ballston, as amended:
(a) 
Chapter 48, Animals, Article I, Dog Control.
(b) 
Chapter 52, Buildings, Unsafe.
(c) 
Chapter 56, Electrical Standards.
(d) 
Chapter 62, Fire Prevention and Building Construction.
(e) 
Chapter 73, Health and Sanitation.
(f) 
Chapter 96, Solid Waste, regarding the dumping, storage or placing of solid or liquid waste material.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The following public servants of the Town of Ballston are hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets in the performance of their respective duties when commencing prosecutions pursuant to the statutes, local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations listed in § 5-1B above: Building Inspector, Zoning Enforcement Officer and Animal Control Officer.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The authority to use appearance tickets shall not apply any restraint upon the authority of the aforementioned public servants to use any alternative methods of commencing prosecutions as may be provided by law.
The term "appearance ticket" shall have the same definition as provided in Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York, and the procedures governing its use shall conform in all respects to those procedures as set forth in Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York and other applicable articles of that law.