Continuances may be granted as justice requires.
(a) If a continuance is granted at the request of the accused, they may be required to enter into a recognizance, payable to the City, with approved security, in a sum determined by the Municipal Court Judge. This continuance is conditional upon the individual appearing at the time and place named in the order of continuance to answer further as to the alleged offense. Failing compliance, the accused may be committed to jail until a hearing may be resumed, but such imprisonment shall not continue longer than five days.
(b) If the continuance is requested by a person other than the accused, the accused may be allowed to depart until the time appointed for the trial upon entering into recognizance, payable and conditioned as in Section 171.06(a). The requirement for entering into recognizance may be waived at the discretion of Municipal Court Judge.
(c) In the case of default in any provision of recognizance, such default will be noted on the docket. Additionally, in the event that full payment of security is not made, an action in the name of the City may be made in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of the penalty against the accused and any additional surety. (Ord. 2023-002. Passed 11-6-23.)