(a) Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked in violation of any of the provisions of this Traffic Code, the officer finding it shall take its registration number, and other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner, and affix conspicuously to such vehicle a notice in writing on a form provided for such use for the owner to answer to the charge against him, at the hour and place specified in the notice. The officer shall send one copy of such notice to the Chief of Police and one copy to the Mayor's Court or to the Traffic Violations Bureau.
(b) No owner of a motor vehicle shall willfully neglect to answer to the charges set forth in a notice affixed to such motor vehicle by a police officer in accordance with this section. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the notice was originally issued.
(c) No person shall willfully violate his written promise to appear, given in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) hereof. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge on which he was originally arrested.
(d) Whenever any person is arrested for violating any of the provisions of this section, the arresting officer may take the person's name, address and operator's license number and the registration number of the motor vehicle involved, and issue to him in writing on a form provided by the City, a notice to answer to the charge placed against him within two days, during hours and at a place specified in the notice. The officer shall, thereupon, and upon the violator giving his written promise to answer as specified in such notice, release such violator from custody. The arresting officer shall send one copy of such notice to the Chief of Police and one copy to the Mayor's Court or to the Traffic Violations Bureau.
(Ord. 19-69. Passed 7-8-69.)