Any person arraigned before a Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace for a violation of any ordinance of the city shall have the case tried by a jury, unless he or she shall waive a jury trial by executing a formal waiver in writing. The number, impaneling, and qualifications of jurors shall be governed by the state statutes in relation to like proceedings before Justices of the Peace.
(Prior Code, Chapter 22, § 8)