A.
The
City shall provide books containing uniform citations as prescribed
by Supreme Court Rule. Said books shall include serially numbered
sets of citations in quadruplicate in the form prescribed by Supreme
Court rule.
B.
Such
books shall be issued to the Chief of Police or his/her duly authorized
agent, a record shall be maintained of every book so issued, and a
written receipt shall be required for every book. The judge or judges
hearing City ordinance violation cases may require that a copy of
such record and receipts be filed with the court.
C.
The
Chief of Police shall be responsible for the issuance of such books
to individual members of the Police Department. The Chief of Police
shall require a written receipt for every book so issued and shall
maintain a record of every such book and each set of citations contained
therein.
Except when authorized or directed under State law to immediately
take a person before the Municipal Judge for the violation of any
traffic laws, a Police Officer who halts a person for such violation,
other than for the purpose of giving him/her a warning or warning
notice and does not take such person into custody under arrest, shall
issue to him/her a uniform citation which shall be proceeded upon
in accordance with Supreme Court rules.
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or
stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance
of the 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 uniform citation or other citation for the
driver to answer to the charge against him/her within seven (7) days
during the hours and at a place specified in the citation.
[CC 1992 §375.070; Ord. No. 295 §2, 2-8-1974]
If any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provisions of this Title relating to stopping, standing, parking or vehicle registration, specifically Chapter 340, Chapter 355 and Section 390.170, the owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered in the records of any City, County or State shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation if the driver thereof is not present.
