(A) Except when officially authorized or directed under state law to the contrary, a police officer who halts a person for any violation other than for the purpose of giving that person a warning or warning notice and does not take such person into custody under arrest, shall take the name, address, and operator’s license number of said person, the registered number of the motor vehicle involved, and such other pertinent information as may be necessary, and shall issue to said person in writing a traffic citation.
(B) Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of this city or by state law, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation.
(C) Every police officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this state or of the traffic ordinances of this city shall submit the original and a duplicate copy of the corresponding complaint to the Chief of Police or the Chief’s authorized agent. The second duplicate copy of the complaint shall be retained in the book until all traffic citations therein have been used. The book containing copies of the complaints shall then be submitted to the Chief of Police or the Chief’s authorized agent.
(Prior Code, § 70.016) (Ord. 65-3, passed 4-19-1965)