(a) If a police officer has arrested a person without a warrant for a violation of any of the provisions of these Codified Ordinances, instead of taking the person before the District Court and promptly filing a complaint stating the charge against the person arrested, the officer may issue to and serve upon the person an appearance ticket as defined in subsection (c) hereof.
(b) A public servant, as defined in subsection (d) hereof, is specifically authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets with respect to those offenses which violate the Codified Ordinances if the public servant has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed such an offense.
(c) As used in subsections (a) and (b) hereof, an appearance ticket means a complaint or written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer or other public servant authorized by these Codified Ordinances to issue it, directing a designated person to appear in the District Court at a designated future time in connection with his or her alleged commission of a violation of these Codified Ordinances for which the maximum permissible penalty does not exceed ninety days in jail and/or a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The appearance ticket shall be numbered consecutively, be in such form as determined by the State Attorney General, the State Court Administrator and the Director of the State Department of State Police and shall consist of the following parts:
(1) The original, which shall be a complaint or notice to appear made by the officer or public servant and filed with the Court;
(2) The first copy, which shall be the abstract of the Court record;
(3) The second copy, which shall be retained by the Township department enforcing the violation; and
(4) The third copy, which shall be delivered to the alleged violator.
(d) "Public servant" means an employee of the Township identified as follows: police officers; the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshall or their designates; the Superintendent of Public Works, or his or her designates; the Superintendent of Water and Sewers or his or her designates; the Superintendent of the Building Department (i.e. the head of the Building Department) or his or her designates; the Animal Control Officer; any Code Enforcement Officer or his or her designates.