[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of North Castle 11-30-1978 by L.L. No. 2-1978 (Ch. 5 of the 1987 Code); amended in its entirety 11-18-2015 by L.L. No. 9-2015. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Ch. 12, Art. I.
Building code administration and enforcement — See Ch. 127.
Zoning — See Ch. 355.
The purpose of this chapter is to authorize public servants of the Town of North Castle to issue and serve appearance tickets in connection with violations of state statutes, local laws, ordinances or rules and regulations of the Town which the public servants are authorized or required to enforce and to specify preliminary proceedings regarding appearance tickets.
The following public servants of the Town of North Castle are hereby authorized to issue and serve an appearance ticket with respect to violation of a state statute, a local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Town of North Castle that such public servants are, respectively, required or authorized to enforce:
A. 
Building Inspector, Assistant Building Inspector, Code Enforcement Officer, Town Engineer and police officers.
B. 
Fire Inspector: fire prevention and safety.
C. 
Animal Control Officer: animal control and licensing.
A. 
An appearance ticket is a written notice issued and signed by a North Castle Town official specified in § 5-2 above, which directs a person to appear in the North Castle Town Court at a designated future time in connection with the alleged commission of a designated offense.
B. 
All offenses charged in the Court must be properly specified in documents conforming to the requirements for local criminal court accusatory instruments set forth in the New York State Criminal Procedure Law.
An appearance ticket other than for a parking violation shall be served personally, except that an appearance ticket issued for the violation of a local zoning ordinance or local zoning law or of a building or sanitation code may be served in any manner authorized for service under § 308 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules. In addition to personal service, CPLR § 308 authorizes service by: delivery to a person of suitable age and discretion and by mailing; delivery to an authorized agent; and "nail and mail" service.
A. 
If, after an appearance ticket has been served and a facially sufficient accusatory instrument has been filed with the Court, an individual defendant does not appear at the time such appearance ticket is returnable, the Court may issue a warrant of arrest, with bail set, based upon the local criminal court accusatory instrument filed.
B. 
At all stages of a court action, from the commencement thereof through sentence, a corporate defendant must appear by counsel. As provided by CPLR § 600.20, upon failure of appearance at the time such defendant is required to enter a plea to the accusatory instrument, the court may enter a plea of guilty and impose sentence.