(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPEARANCE TICKET. A complaint or written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer or other public servant authorized by law or ordinance to issue such appearance ticket, directing a designated person to appear before a judge of the Seventieth District Court for the County of Saginaw to answer his or her alleged commission of the violation or violations of state law or local ordinance as set forth on the appearance ticket. The form of the appearance ticket shall be as provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure, Public Act 175 of 1927, being M.C.L. § 764.9f.
PUBLIC SERVANT. Any officer or employee empowered to issue and serve an appearance ticket.
(B) A public servant of the city who has authorization to issue and serve an appearance ticket of the city may, pursuant to the Code of Criminal Procedure, Public Act 175 of 1927, being M.C.L. §§ 764.9a et seq. and subject to the provisions hereof, serve an appearance ticket on a person if the public servant has reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed the offense charged.
(C) The City Manager may appoint the following officers or employees the authority to issue and service appearance tickets citing a violation of an ordinance of the city: the Chief Inspector; Housing Code Inspectors; Electrical Code Inspector; Plumbing Code Inspector; Building Code Inspectors; Zoning Code Officer; Fire Investigator; Finance Director; and Environmental Improvement Officers. The department head of a department enforcing the aforecited codes and/or ordinances may also be empowered to issue an appearance ticket. The department head of each department enforcing ordinance violations or an employee appointed by the department head shall review all appearance tickets for accuracy and legal sufficiency prior to the appearance ticket being forwarded to the Seventieth District Court for the County of Saginaw.
(D) The City Manager may establish an appropriate training program to instruct each public servant authorized to issue an appearance ticket.
(Prior Code, § 37.06) (Ord. D-1623, passed 11-19-1990, effective 11-29-1990)