(A) (1) For the purpose of this section, APPEARANCE TICKET means a complaint or written notice issued and subscribed by the following sworn individuals: officials of the Community Development Department, Fire Department, buildings officials and inspectors and code enforcement officers, directing a designated person to appear in a designated district court at a designated future time in connection with the alleged commission of a designated violation or violations of the city’s building, zoning, environmental and other related codes for which the maximum penalty does not exceed 90 days in jail and a fine of $500.
(2) Exceptions. The following violations may be written as a civil infraction as long as the offense has not been committed by the same offender more than two times. The third offense by same offender shall be escalated to a misdemeanor as described above.
(a) Blight: City Ord. No. 156.02.
(b) Encumbering/obstructing streets: City Ord. No. 97.004.
(c) Noxious weeds: City Ord. No. 95.15.
(d) Political signs: City Ord. No. 153.18, 97.004 and 153.15.
(e) Appliances/furniture: City Ord. No. 156.02.
(f) Refuse collection requirements: City Ord. No. 50.03.
(g) Residential off-street parking: City Ord. No. 155.077(C)(9).
(h) Signs: City Ord. No. 155.241(B)(5), 155.234 and 155.235.
(i) Snow/ice removal: City Ord. No. 97.081.
(j) Tree care: City Ord. No. 98.19.
(B) The appearance tickets shall be numbered consecutively and shall consist of the following parts:
(1) The original, which shall be a complaint or notice to appear by sworn individuals including officials of the Community Development Department, Fire Department, building officials or inspectors, or code enforcement officers, and shall be filed with the district court.
(2) The first copy, which shall be the abstract of court record.
(3) The second copy which shall be delivered to the alleged violator.
(4) The third copy, which shall be retained by the city’s code enforcement agency.
(‘68 Code, § 2-1802) (Ord. 639, passed 8-4-86; Am. Ord. 871, passed 7-18-18)