The Town Planner, Town Engineer, the Fire Chief or fire prevention officer, or any officer or employee of the County whose duty is pursuant to an agreement between the Town and the County to enforce any ordinance of the Town, or the duly appointed agents of such persons, or any person designated by the Town Manager as an enforcement officer of the Town, may make arrests and issue citations whenever he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed an infraction or misdemeanor in his or her presence which is a violation of this code or an ordinance of the Town which the officer or employee has the duty to enforce.
(Ord. 255-95; Ord. 294-99)
If any person is arrested for a violation of this code or an ordinance of the Town and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer shall prepare, in duplicate, a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court as prescribed by California Penal Code, Chapter 5C, commencing with Section 853.5.
(Ord. 255-95; Ord. 294-99)
Any person willfully violating his or her written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.
(Ord. 255-95; Ord. 294-99)
When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided in Penal Code Section 853.6, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his or her arrest within 20 days after such person's failure to appear as promised. If such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a magistrate and fails to do so on or before the date which he or she promised to appear, then a warrant shall issue within 20 days after delivery of such written promise to appear by the officers to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.
(Ord. 255-95; Ord. 294-99)
The Town Council may issue subpoenas requiring attendance of witnesses or production of books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or proceeding pending before it, provided any subpoena issued serves a valid legislative purpose and the witnesses or materials subpoenaed are pertinent to the subject matter of the investigation.
(Ord. 18-477)