(A) Whenever a member of the Police Department of the city or other person charged by ordinance with enforcement of the provisions of the sections enumerated in § 70.20 shall find that any of the provisions of those sections are being or have been violated by the owner or operator of any vehicle, the officer or person shall notify the owner or operator of the vehicle in writing of the violation and order him to report at the police station within 72 hours of the notice.
(B) The notice shall be made in duplicate and be serially numbered, and shall show the specific violation charged, the state license number of the vehicle, and the owner's name, if possible to obtain the same, and shall be signed by the officer or person, giving his badge number.
(C) One copy of the notice shall be presented to the owner or operator of the vehicle or his representative when found in charge of the vehicle, and in case the owner or his representative is not found in possession of or in charge thereof, the posting of the traffic violation notice in a conspicuous place upon the vehicle shall be deemed sufficient notice of the violation.
(D) It shall be the duty of the police officer or other person serving the notice to turn in the duplicate copy of the traffic violation notice to the police station at the end of his day's work, and it shall be the duty of the police station upon receiving the duplicate report to notify the Clerk-Treasurer of the traffic violation notice serial number with the officer's name who made the report, the date thereof, and the state license number of the vehicle so reported.
('80 Code, § 16-2)