[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Gardiner 3-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984 as Ch. 5 of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority of § 150.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law and § 10, Subdivision 4(a), of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and shall be known as the "Appearance Tickets Law of the Town of Gardiner."
The purpose of this chapter is to authorize public servants of the Town of Gardiner to issue and serve appearance tickets in connection with violations of state statutes, local laws, ordinances or rules and regulations of the Town of Gardiner.
An appearance ticket is a written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer or other public servant authorized by state law or local law enacted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law to issue the same, directing a designated person to appear in a designated local criminal court at a designated future time in connection with his alleged commission of a designated offense. A notice conforming to such definition constitutes an appearance ticket regardless of whether it is referred to in some other provision of law as a summons or by any other name or title.
The following public servants of the Town of Gardiner are hereby authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets with respect to violations of state statutes, local laws, ordinances rules or regulations of the Town of Gardiner that such public servants are, respectively, required or authorized to enforce:
A. 
Highway Superintendent for removal of vehicles for snow removal: Dog Control Officer for violation of Chapter 80, Animals, Article I, Dog Control; Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer for violation of Chapter 92, Building Construction, Chapter 220, Zoning, Chapter 96, Unsafe Buildings, Chapter 166, Outdoor Wood-Fired Hydronic Heaters and Boilers, and Chapter 184, Streets and Sidewalks, Article IV, Sidewalk Maintenance; Superintendent of Sewage for violation of Chapter 172, Sewer Use; Fire Marshal for violations of Fire Prevention Code. Fire Inspectors shall be authorized to enforce all legislation relating to fire prevention and safety, as well as related parking restrictions enacted for firesafety purposes.
[Amended 8-12-2003 by L.L. No. 3-2003; 1-13-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009; 9-8-2009 byL.L. No. 8-2009]
B. 
Each of the above-named elected or appointed officials may appoint a deputy, with the approval of the Town Board, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
C. 
The Building Inspector and the Town Superintendent of Highways or their appointed deputies may also have the power to issue appearance tickets for violations of those sections of the Municipal Code of the Town of Gardiner dealing with junk cars, junkyards, dumping of garbage in places not authorized by the Municipal Code.