(a) All officers of the City shall enforce obedience to such laws of the Commonwealth, ordinances of the City, and orders of the Mayor or Council, as may be the duty of such officers respectively to enforce, and shall notice all complaints, and institute such proceedings as may be necessary. (1944 Code Ch. 1 § 6.)
(b) All prosecutions for the violation of the ordinances of the City and all proceedings for the recovery of fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed thereby shall be brought and conducted as prescribed by general law and the Codified Ordinances.
(1972 Code §2-57.)