(A) A traffic violation notice shall be issued by a member of the Police Department of the village for every vehicle parked, stopped, permitted to stand, equipped, used, driven or operated in violation of the traffic code of the village. In case of a traffic violation involving a vehicle, if a police officer is able to find the driver or other person in charge thereof without leaving the immediate vicinity of said vehicle, said traffic violation notice shall be delivered to such person, but if the officer is unable to find the person driving or in charge of said vehicle in the immediate vicinity, he or she shall fasten or cause to be fastened said traffic violation notice upon the windshield, side window or cab of said vehicle in a place where the same is clearly visible to a person entering or driving or in charge of said vehicle.
(B) A member of the Police Department of the village issuing a traffic or parking violation notice shall, in writing, indicate on each traffic or parking violation notice issued by him or her the time and location and type of violation for which such traffic or parking violation notice is issued, the section of the code of the village violated, the type of vehicle involved in the violation, the state license number of said vehicle and, if known, the name and address and operator’s license number of the person to whom such state license was issued or who was responsible for the violation in question, and such other information as such member of the Police Department of the village may deem necessary or important.
(C) Every member of the Police Department of the village shall, upon issuing a notice of traffic or parking violation in the manner and form prescribed in this subchapter, in writing, identify himself or herself on such notice as the officer issuing the same and shall retain and deliver to his or her superior officer in the Police Department, or to such other person as may be designated by the Board of the village, a duplicate of such traffic or parking violation notice.
(Prior Code, § 74.002) (Ord. 74-002, passed 3-19-1974)