The Municipal Court shall have power, upon rendering judgment against a defendant charged with the violation of an ordinance of the city, to render judgment against him or her also for the costs of prosecution. In every suit or prosecution for the violation of an ordinance, the court shall cause the person or persons at whose instance it was instituted to be designated upon the warrant or writ issued to arrest or summon the person charged and, if the person or persons charged are not convicted in such court, and such court is of the opinion that no sufficient or probable cause exists for the institution of the suit or prosecution, then judgment for the costs of the city, and of the defendant, or of either of them, as the court shall deem just, shall be rendered against the person or persons in whose instance such suit or prosecution was instituted.
(Prior Code, § 173.07) (Ord. passed 9-14-1964)