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SEC. 518.   VIOLATION OF PROMISE TO APPEAR.518.   VIOLATION OF PROMISE TO APPEAR.
Any person willfully violating a citation to appear in court given as provided in this ordinance, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in Section 514 regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which the person was cited.
An appearance in response to such citation may be made either in person or by counsel.
('91 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.487]
SEC. 519.   PROCEDURE NOT EXCLUSIVE.519.   PROCEDURE NOT EXCLUSIVE.
The provisions of this ordinance shall govern all peace officers in making arrests without a warrant for violations of this ordinance for offenses committed in their presence, but the procedure prescribed herein shall not be exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the arrest and prosecution of a person. (’10 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.488]
SEC. 520.   RECORD INADMISSIBLE IN A CIVIL ACTION.520.   RECORD INADMISSIBLE IN A CIVIL ACTION.
No record of the conviction of any person for any violation of this ordinance shall be admissible as evidence in any court in any civil action. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.489]
SEC. 521.   CONVICTION NOT TO AFFECT CREDIBILITY.521.   CONVICTION NOT TO AFFECT CREDIBILITY.
The conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this ordinance or other traffic regulation less than a felony shall not affect or impair the credibility of such person as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.490]
SEC. 522.   SEVERABILITY.
If any rule, section or part of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this ordinance if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared unconstitutional or illegal.
SEC. 523-538. RESERVED.