NY Vill L § 20-2006 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 20 - Actions Involving the Village; Ordinances 20-2006 - Violation of Ordinances.

§  20-2006  Violation  of  ordinances.  1.  The board of trustees of a   village may  enforce  obedience  to  its  ordinances  adopted  prior  to   September first, nineteen hundred seventy-four as follows:a.  by  prescribing  therefor  fines for each violation thereof not to   exceed two hundred fifty dollars. b. by prescribing  therefor  that  for   each  violation  thereof it shall constitute a violation pursuant to the   penal law.   However, in no case  shall  the  fine  imposed  exceed  two   hundred  fifty  dollars.    c.  in  all  cases the board of trustees may   enforce obedience of its ordinances by injunction.1-a. A violation of a zoning  ordinance  adopted  prior  to  September   first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-four  is  hereby  declared  to  be an   offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding three hundred fifty  dollars   or  imprisonment  for  a  period  not  to exceed six months, or both for   conviction of a first offense; for conviction of a second  offense  both   of  which  were committed within a period of five years, punishable by a   fine not less than three hundred  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  seven   hundred  dollars  or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months,   or both; and, upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense  all  of   which were committed within a period of five years, punishable by a fine   not  less  than seven hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars   or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or both. However,   for the purpose of conferring  jurisdiction  upon  courts  and  judicial   officers  generally, violations of such zoning ordinance shall be deemed   misdemeanors and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to   misdemeanors shall apply  to  such  violations.  Each  week's  continued   violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.2.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  subdivision  two-a,  upon the   adoption of  a  resolution  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  a  village   authorizing  the  village  attorney  or  an  attorney other than the one   regularly employed to prosecute a violator of  a  village  ordinance  or   local  law  or a person accused of committing any offense, infraction or   criminal act within the village and providing the village attorney or an   attorney other than the one  regularly  employed  is  designated  as  an   assistant  district  attorney,  as  provided by law, to prosecute in the   name of the people of the state of New York, the violator of  a  village   ordinance  or  local  law or a person accused of committing any offense,   infraction or criminal act within the village, the board of trustees may   pay a reasonable compensation to such village attorney  or  an  attorney   other than the one regularly employed therefor.2-a.  On  the  adoption  of a resolution by the board of trustees of a   village within a county having a population of  more  than  one  million   inhabitants  and adjacent to a city having a population of more than one   million inhabitants, authorizing a  village  attorney  or  an  attorney,   other than one regularly employed, to prosecute in the village courts of   such  county a violator of a village ordinance or local law, or a person   accused of committing any offense, infraction or criminal act within the   village, such attorney may prosecute in the name of the  people  of  the   state  of  New  York  and  the  board  of  trustees may pay a reasonable   compensation to such attorney. Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to   abrogate  or  otherwise  limit the authority of the district attorney of   such a county to prosecute an offense  cognizable  by  a  village  court   within such a county.3.  Any  ordinance  or  local  law  heretofore adopted by the board of   trustees of any village which provides that any  person  violating  such   ordinance or local law shall be a disorderly person shall continue to be   valid  and any violator of such ordinance or local law may be prosecuted   pursuant to the criminal procedure law for  the  violation  of  a  petty    offense  and  such disorderly person shall be deemed to have committed a   petty offense.