A. 
Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of any city, county or state law or ordinance within the city and such person is not retained in custody, the arresting officer may prepare in duplicate or triplicate, a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person, the license number of his or her vehicle, if any, the offense charged and the time and place when and where such person shall appear in court. The written notice to appear may also contain such other information as the arresting officer may deem necessary or proper.
B. 
The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least five days after such arrest.
C. 
The place specified in the notice to appear shall be the Municipal Court of the West Orange County Judicial District.
D. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this code shall, unless otherwise specifically provided in this code or by statute, be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that where the city's prosecuting attorney determines that such action would be in the interests of justice, the city's prosecuting attorney may prosecute any such offense as an infraction. In the event a notice to appear is prepared as a misdemeanor, the city's prosecuting attorney may nonetheless prosecute any such offense as an infraction.
(Ord. 49 §§ 1—3, 1960; Ord. 585 § 1, 1994; Ord. 681 § 1, 2004)
A. 
The arrested person, in order to secure his or her release from custody, must give his or her written promise to appear in court by signing the notice, and the officer shall deliver one copy of such notice to appear to the arrested person. The signed original and triplicate copy of such notice shall be retained by the officer, who shall thereupon release the person arrested from custody.
B. 
A written promise to appear in court may be complied with by appearance by counsel.
(Ord. 49 §§ 4, 5, 1960)
Any person wilfully violating the written promise to appear in court shall be guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.
(Ord. 49 § 6, 1960)