The Department or any of its duly authorized representatives have the power to issue citations for violations of this subchapter, but this does not permit such representatives to physically arrest or take into custody any violator except on warrant duly issued.
(A) Form of citations. Citations must contain at least the following:
(1) The name and address of the person charged with the violation or the owner or person in charge of the premises at which the violation occurs.
(2) The date and place of the violation.
(3) A short description of the violation followed by the section of this subchapter violated.
(4) The date and place at which the person receiving the citation must appear and a notice that if the person does not respond, a warrant may be issued for the person's arrest.
(5) The name of the person issuing the citation.
(6) Other information as the court may specify.
(B) Issuance of citations. Whenever any representative of the Department discovers any violation of this subchapter, the representative may issue a citation to the person alleged to have committed the violation and the citation must be in the form specified in division (A) of this section. A copy of such citation must be issued to the person alleged to have committed the violation.
(C) Issuance. The citation must be issued to the person charged with the violation or in the case of a corporation or municipality, to any officer or agent, expressly or implicitly authorized to accept such issuance.
(D) Criminal complaint. In lieu of a citation the city may proceed at any time by formal criminal complaint issued against any person who fails to comply with this subchapter.
('72 Code, § 437:20(2)) (Ord. 1989-634(A), passed 9-25-89)