The City Court of the City and the Judges thereof are hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau in the City, pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-B of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, to assist the City Court in the disposition of offenses in relation to traffic violations.
A. 
Operation; hours. The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in charge of such person or persons and shall be open at such hours and on such days as the City Court or the Judges thereof may designate.
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Duties of personnel. Personnel shall:
(1) 
Fines, receipts and pleas. Accept designated fines, issue receipts and represent in Court such violators as are permitted to plead guilty in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and who desire to so plead guilty, waive court appearance and give power of attorney.
(2) 
Records of proceedings. Keep a record of all persons who must or wish to be heard in Court, enter the time of their appearance on the Court docket, and notify the apprehending officer and witnesses, if any, to be present.
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Records of violations. Keep an easily accessible record of all the violations of which each person has been guilty during the current calendar year, whether such guilt was established in the Court or in the Traffic Violations Bureau.
(4) 
Additional duties. Perform such other or additional duties and keep such other and additional records as shall be prescribed by the City Court.
The Traffic Violations Bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations when such offenses shall not constitute the traffic infraction known as "speeding" or a misdemeanor or felony by permitting a person charged with an offense, within the limitations above stated, to answer, within 14 days except as otherwise provided for parking violations, at the Traffic Violations Bureau, either in person or by written power of attorney in the form hereinafter set forth, by paying a prescribed fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in Court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the person in charge of the Bureau to make such plea and pay the fine prescribed therefor in the City Court. Acceptance by the Traffic Violations Bureau of the prescribed fine and power of attorney shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation, and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states.
The written power of attorney and waiver provided for in § 285-35 shall be in substantially the following form:
I, the undersigned, do hereby enter my appearance on the complaint of the traffic violation charge against me. I have been informed of my right to a trial, that my signature to this plea of guilty will have the same force and effect as a judgment of Court, and that this record may be sent to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the State of New York or to the proper authorities of the state where I received my license to drive. I do hereby plead guilty to said offense as charged, waive my right to hearing by the Court and agree to pay the penalty or fine prescribed for my offense. I also authorize the person in charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau of the City of Auburn to make a plea of guilty and pay said fine in Court.
Defendant's name
Address
Driver's license number
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not answer as hereinbefore prescribed within the fourteen-day period prescribed therefor, except for parking violations, the Traffic Violations Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against him or her forthwith and a warrant to be issued for his or her arrest and appearance before the City Court.
[Amended 12-2-2004 by Ord. No. 19-2004]
Any person who within the preceding 12 months, is issued a number of parking violations in excess of such maximum number as may be designated by the Auburn City Court shall not be permitted to appear and answer to any subsequent violation(s) at the Traffic Violations Bureau but must appear in the Auburn City Court at a date and time specified by the Bureau.
The City Court and the Judges thereof shall designate the fines to be paid for offenses which may be satisfied at the Traffic Violations Bureau as hereinbefore set forth, provided such fines are within the limitations established by law as penalties for such offenses.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall keep a record of all violations of which each person has been found guilty, whether such guilt was established in Court or in the Traffic Violations Bureau, and also a record of all fines collected and the dispositions thereof. The Traffic Violations Bureau shall also perform such other or additional duties and keep such other or additional records as shall be prescribed from time to time by the City Court and the Judges thereof.
Parking violations shall be disposed of substantially in the following manner:
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Written notice for failure to appear. If the violator of any parking offense under the traffic ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, or the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, which are within the jurisdiction of the Traffic Violations Bureau, does not appear in response to a notice affixed to his or her motor vehicle within a period of 14 days, the Traffic Violations Bureau shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the notice was affixed a letter or notice informing him or her of the violation and warning him or her that he or she will be held responsible for the appearance of the offender, and in the event that such letter or notice is disregarded for a period of seven days, a complaint will be filed.
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Entry of complaint; arrest of violator. In the event the complaint has been filed, the Traffic Violations Bureau shall then send a notice or subpoena to the violator, informing him or her that complaint has been filed and directing an appearance in the Traffic Violations Bureau, and if such person fails to appear within the time specified, or upon appearance refuses to deposit bail, said Traffic Violations Bureau shall forthwith have a complaint entered against such person and secure and issue a warrant for his or her arrest. Upon the issuance of such a warrant, the Bureau shall not accept any fine or bail for or from such person but shall consider every such person entirely under the jurisdiction of the Court.