(a) Any person who has violated any of the provisions of this Code or other City ordinance may be arrested and brought before the Municipal Court, or given notice to appear and answer to a violation of any of the provisions of this Code or other City ordinance before the Municipal Court at a time specified in such notice. Before the time specified in such notice, the person so summoned may appear before the Clerk of the Municipal Court or other Municipal officer designated by the Mayor and make answer to the violation set forth in such notice, and pay the fine fixed by the Mayor for such offense to the Clerk or other officer so designated. Acceptance of the prescribed fine by the Clerk or other officer shall be complete satisfaction for the violation, and the Clerk or other officer shall give the violator a receipt to that effect, and pay the fine into the Municipal Court; provided, that any person so summoned to appear before the Municipal Court to answer a violation of any of the provisions of this Code or other City ordinance may deposit with the Clerk of the Municipal Court cash or other bond, in an amount equal to the fine fixed by the Mayor for such violation, conditioned for his appearance to answer such charge in court at the time specified by the Clerk or other officer taking the bond. In case any person posting a bond for his appearance shall fail to appear at the time specified, such bond shall be forfeited to the Court, and in case such bond is posted in cash, it shall be taken by the Municipal Court as satisfaction for the violation.
(b) The notice to appear, hereinabove provided for, may be served in person, or affixed to the vehicle of such violator in the case of a traffic violation by a police officer, in which case it shall be deemed to have the same effect as personal service, and such notice may summon the violator to appear by name or by the registration number of his vehicle.
(1978 Code Sec. 13-6).