§ 380. Code and ordinance violations; administrative adjudication. 1. Any municipality having a population of more than three hundred thousand but less than three hundred fifty thousand may adopt a local law establishing an administrative adjudication hearing procedure under the provisions of this article for all code and ordinance violations regarding conditions which constitute a […]
§ 381. Director. a. The head of the bureau shall be the director who shall be the chief administrative law judge of the bureau and shall have all the powers of an administrative law judge pursuant to this section. The director shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the municipality, for a term […]
§ 382. Administrative law judges. a. The director shall appoint administrative law judges who shall be attorneys admitted to practice in the state of New York for at least three years and shall have such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the director. The director may prescribe qualifications for administrative law judges which may […]
§ 383. Jurisdiction to impose civil penalties. a. Such local law may authorize such bureau to (1) conduct proceedings for the adjudication of those code or ordinance violations described in section three hundred eighty of this article for which civil penalties may be imposed, and (2) to render decisions and orders and impose the civil […]
§ 384. Commencement of proceedings; default judgments. a. The bureau shall conduct the proceedings authorized by local law in accordance with this section and with rules promulgated by the director. b. Such proceedings shall be commenced by the service of notice of violation. The notice of violation or copy thereof when filled in and served […]
§ 385. Administrative appeals panel. a. There shall be one or more administrative appeals panels within the bureau. Each panel shall consist of three administrative law judges. In no event shall the administrative law judge from whom such appeal of a decision, determination or order is taken be included in the panel determining such appeal. […]
§ 386. Judicial enforcement. Any order or subpoena or any final decision or determination rendered by the bureau shall be subject to enforcement by the judiciary in an action or proceeding commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction by the prevailing party including the municipality.
§ 387. Restriction on collateral use. Decisions, determinations and orders issued by the bureau shall not be cited, and shall not be considered precedent nor be given any force or effect in any criminal proceeding.
