§ 1-16. Use of appearance tickets by certain city officials.

(a)

The following public servants, including his or her deputy or authorized subordinate, shall have the authority to serve upon a person, an appearance ticket for a misdemeanor, municipal civil infraction or civil infraction prohibited by an ordinance of the city, if the public official, or his or her deputy or duly authorized subordinate, has reasonable cause to believe the person has committed an offense, municipal civil infraction or civil infraction, to wit:

(1)

Public safety director, fire marshal, fire chief or their designees.

(2)

Zoning administrator.

(3)

City engineer.

(4)

Public works director.

(5)

Street superintendent.

(6)

Superintendent of parks, forestry and cemetery.

(7)

Parks supervisor.

(8)

Community development director.

(9)

Person in charge of downtown maintenance.

(10)

City police officer.

(11)

City clerk.

(12)

City code/parking enforcement officer.

(b)

Appearance ticket means a complaint or written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer or other public servant authorized in subsection (a) of this section, directing a designated person to appear in a designated local court at a designated future time in connection with his alleged violation of a city ordinance for which the maximum permissible penalty does not exceed 93 days in jail and a fine of $500.00. The appearance tickets shall be numbered consecutively, be in such form as determined by the attorney general, the state court administrator, and the director of the department of the state police, and shall consist of the following parts:

(1)

The original which shall be a complaint or notice to appear by the officer and filed with the court.

(2)

The first copy which shall be the abstract of court record.

(3)

The second copy which shall be retained by the local enforcement agency.

(4)

The third copy which shall be delivered to the alleged violator.

(c)

This section is adopted pursuant to the authority set forth the Public Act No. 366 of 1984 (MCL 764.9c).

(Prior Code, § 1.15; Ord. No. 95-21, 8-7-1995; Ord. No. 2002-16, 5-20-2002; Ord. No. 2010-10, § 1, 8-2-2010)