(A) No person shall knowingly ignite and burn, or knowingly cause to be ignited and burned, or allow to be burned any brush, paper, trash or other waste of any kind upon any premises within the limits of the city.
(B) The civil and criminal provisions of this section shall be enforced by the City Marshal’s office or his or her designee. It shall be a violation for anyone to interfere with the performance of the duties of the Police Department.
(C) (1) When any person is found in violation of any provision of the codes or ordinances adopted by the city or of the laws of the state, an agent or employee of the City Marshal’s Department may issue a citation to such person which shall require the person to appear in court within the time provided on the citation. The citation shall give the person at least ten days to answer any charge of violation of any provision of the codes or ordinances adopted by the city.
(2) Signing the citation shall only be a promise to appear and is not an admission of guilt.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person, upon being issued any citation, to give the city’s agent or employee a false name or address.
(4) It shall be unlawful to fail to appear in Municipal Court within the time provided in the citation; provided, the citation gave the person at least ten days to answer any charge of violation of any provision of the codes or ordinances adopted by the city.
(5) (a) The following information shall be contained on the citation:
1. Name of the defendant;
2. Address of the defendant; and
3. Driver’s license or other identification.
(b) The following information may be included for informational purposes, but shall not nullify any promise to appear:
1. Date of violation;
2. Place of violation;
3. Offense charged; and
4. Name of person issuing citation.
(6) Additional or other charges shall not be precluded by the issuance of citation.
(D) The payment of a fine to the Municipal Court shall be deemed an acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense, and the Municipal Court, upon accepting the prescribed fine, shall issue a receipt to the violator acknowledging payment thereof.
(E) This section shall be effective, after approval by the City Council, on the tenth day after its last publication and such ordinance shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in an newspaper generally circulated in the city.
(Ord. 2202007, passed 2-27-2007) Penalty, see § 92.99