A.Â
The City
shall provide books containing uniform traffic tickets 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.Â
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.Â
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 traffic ticket 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 traffic ticket 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 traffic ticket.
If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking
under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to
a uniform traffic ticket affixed to such motor vehicle within a period
of five (5) days, the Violations Bureau shall send to the owner of
the motor vehicle to which the traffic ticket was affixed a letter
informing him/her of the violation and warning him/her that in the
event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days a warrant
of arrest will be issued.
