(A) The City Court may establish a Traffic Violations Bureau to assist the Court with the clerical work of the traffic cases. The Judge of the Court shall appoint a Violations Clerk for the Bureau, who shall serve under the direction and control of the Court. Subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works and Safety, the Judge of the Court and the City Attorney may agree to consolidate the operations of the Traffic Violations Bureau with those of the Ordinance Violations Bureau established under PMC § 36.01. The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be open at such hours as the Board of Public Works and Safety may designate.
(B) The City Court Judge who hears traffic cases:
(1) Shall designate the specified offenses under traffic ordinances of this city and the state traffic laws, in respect to which payments of fines may be accepted by the Traffic Violations Bureau in satisfaction thereof, but these offenses may not include misdemeanors and felonies;
(2) Shall specify by suitable schedules the amount of the fines for first, second, and subsequent offenses; provided the fines are within the limits declared by law or ordinance, and shall further specify what number of offenses shall require appearance before the judge;
(3) Order that the schedules be prominently posted in the place where the civil penalties are paid;
(4) Establish a procedure under which the Violations Clerk or a deputy violations clerk shall accept, receipt, and account for all money tendered for designated traffic violations; and
(5) Dismiss deferred actions if a dismissal request is made under PMC § 36.08.
(C) The City Attorney shall determine which offenses and which offenders shall be eligible for a deferral program in accordance with PMC § 36.08 and shall prescribe a method of notifying those eligible for deferred prosecution of the rules pertaining thereto.
(Ord. 41-1949, passed 1949; Am. Ord. 20, 2008, passed 11-3-08; Am. Ord. 8, 2018, passed 3-5-18)