Note: Prior ordinance history: Ord. 53.
(a) 
The following designated officers and employees shall have the power to arrest persons for the misdemeanor violations of this title whenever the officer or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed the offense in his or her presence:
(1) 
All sworn officers of the Fountain Valley police department;
(2) 
Other persons authorized by the chief of police for parking control;
(3) 
Sworn officers of the Fountain Valley fire department when exercising powers within the scope of their duties;
(4) 
Code enforcement officers authorized by the planning/building director to enforce the provisions of the Fountain Valley Municipal Code;
(5) 
Code enforcement officers authorized by the fire chief or planning/building director to enforce the construction codes;
(6) 
The license collector or deputy license collector, when enforcing the provisions of Titles 4 or 5 of this code;
(7) 
The fire marshal when enforcing any law within the scope of the duties of that position;
(8) 
Authorized inspectors when enforcing the city's stormwater regulations.
(b) 
Except for citation arrests as provided in Section 1.12.020, only peace officers employed within the police department as sworn officers, arson investigators and other fire department personnel authorized by the Penal Code and fire chief shall be entitled to make custodial arrests.
(Ord. 1256 § 1, 1996; Ord. 1326 § 6, 2002; Ord. 1447 § 1, 2010)
(a) 
If any person is arrested for misdemeanor violation of this title, and such person is not taken before a magistrate as is more fully set forth in the California Penal Code Section 853.6 or successor statute, the arresting officer shall prepare in triplicate 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.
(b) 
The time specified in the notice to appear shall be not less than ten days after such arrest.
(c) 
The place specified in the notice to appear shall be either:
(1) 
Before a judge of the municipal court in the judicial district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed; or
(2) 
Before an officer authorized to receive a deposit of bail.
(d) 
The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person, and the arrested person, in order to secure release, must give his or her written promise so to appear in court by signing the triplicate notice, which shall be retained by the officer. The officer may require the arrested person, if the arrested person has no satisfactory identification, to provide a fingerprint in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Penal Code. Such print shall not be used to create a data base.
(e) 
The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file a duplicate notice with the magistrate specified in such notice. The defendant may, prior to the date upon which the defendant promised to appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail set by such magistrate. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant does not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited and may at his or her discretion order that no further proceedings shall be had in such case. Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings be had, sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid in the county treasury for distribution as provided by Section 1463 of the California Penal Code.
(f) 
A warrant shall not issue on such charge for the arrest of a person who pursuant to the provisions of this chapter has given such written promise to appear in court unless and until the person has violated such promise, or has failed to deposit bail, to appear for arraignment, trial or judgment, or to comply with the terms and provisions of the judgment, as required by law.
(g) 
As provided in Penal Code Section 853.7, every 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 the person was originally arrested.
(h) 
In accordance with Penal Code Section 853.8, 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 subsection (c) of this section, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for the person's arrest within twenty days after the person's failure to appear as promised.
(Ord. 1256 § 1, 1996)