[Adopted 10-19-1978 by L.L. No. 7-1978 (Ch. 1, Art. V, of the 1964 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to authorize
certain village employees, hereinafter designated, to issue and serve
appearance tickets, returnable in local criminal courts, with respect
to designated offenses of less than felony grade, upon persons when
such village employees have reasonable cause to believe that such
persons have committed one or more misdemeanors or petty offenses
in the presence of any such village employees. The authorization and
designation herein made are pursuant to the power vested in the Board
of Trustees under and by virtue of Chapter 495 of the Laws of 1978,
amending the Criminal Procedure Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law.
In granting such authority to the village employees so designated
herein, it is the intention of the Board of Trustees to supplement,
and not in any way to substitute for or diminish or replace, any existing
enforcement authority or practice now vested in or exercised by members
of the Nassau County Police Department or any other duly authorized
law enforcement agency or officer with respect to the offenses hereinafter
mentioned.
[Amended 5-3-1979 by L.L. No. 1-1979]
A.
The Building Inspector and the Superintendent of Buildings of the village and such other employees of the Building Department as the Mayor may designate from time to time, in writing, filed with the Village Clerk, are hereby authorized and empowered, pursuant to state law, to issue and serve appearance tickets with respect to violations of the provisions of the following chapters of the Code of the Village of Westbury whenever such violations have been committed by any persons in the presence of any of said village employees: Chapter 79, Building Construction; Chapter 83, Building Rehabilitation; Chapter 90, Unsafe Buildings; Chapter 112, Electrical Standards; Chapter 117, Excavations; Chapter 124, Fire Prevention; Chapter 173, Oil Burners; Chapter 184, Plumbing and Drainage; Chapter 187, Property Maintenance; Chapter 204, Art. I, Sewer Connections; Chapter 215, Streets and Sidewalks; and Chapter 248, Zoning.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
B.
The Superintendent of Public Works, the Highway Supervisor, the Sanitation Supervisor and such other employees of the Department of Public Works as the Mayor may designate from time to time, in writing, filed with the Village Clerk, are hereby authorized and empowered, pursuant to state law, to issue and serve appearance tickets with respect to violations of the provisions of the following chapters of the Code of the Village of Westbury whenever such violations have been committed by any person in the presence of any of said village employees: Chapter 211, Part 2, Garbage, Ashes and Rubbish; Chapter 215, Streets and Sidewalks.
C.
All code or parking enforcement officers and attendants
and such other employees of the Village as the Mayor may hereafter
designate from time to time, in writing, filed with the Village Clerk,
are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and serve parking tickets
and appearance tickets for violations relating to parking, licensing
or occupations or businesses, fire prevention and safety, health and
sanitation, and building zoning and planning and for any of the following
provisions of the Westbury Code:
[Amended 6-17-1982 by L.L. No. 2-1982; 10-1-1992 by L.L. No.
6-1992; 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999; 6-5-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008; 9-3-2009 by L.L. No. 8-2009]
(5)
Section 248-6K(2) of Article IV of Chapter 248 of the Westbury Code (Village of Westbury Amended Building Zone Ordinance of 1937, as amended) and of §§ 248-20 and 248-34 of said chapter insofar as they incorporate, by reference. § 248-6K(2) of said chapter (in on lots or premises in Residence A, Residence B or Residence C Districts) when acting at the request and under the direction of the Superintendent of Buildings or Building Inspector.
