The Chief of Police is authorized and directed to supply police officers with citation tags for the purpose of giving notice to persons violating any provisions of this article. Such notices may be given by delivering such tags to the violator or by affixing it to the vehicle, such citation tag shall direct the violator to appear and to present such tag at a designated place on or before a date and hour specified thereon. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge the power of a police officer to arrest any violator and take him into custody.
Whenever an vehicle is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the regulations set forth in this article, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its regisration number and any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify such vehicle, its user or owner and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a notice in writing on a form provided by the City for the driver to answer to the charge against him within the time provided in Section 303.09 and at a time and place specified in the notice. The officer shall deliver a copy of such notice to the Chief of Police who shall make complaint in the Traffic Court where final action shall be taken.
All citation tags shall be numbered and so printed that when folded they become duplicates, that is the part thereof left with the violator or on the vehicle shall be an exact duplicate of the tag delivered to the Court and these tags shall be accounted for whether void or otherwise and shall be kept on file in numerical order for a period of at least three years.
(1967 Code Sec. 17-97)