HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 558 ORDINANCE NO. 558
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF PROMISES TO
APPEAR IN COURT OR BEFORE AN OFFICER AUTHORIZED
TO RECEIVE BAIL OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATIONS
OF CITY ORDINANCES; THAT FAILURE TO APPEAR AT TIME
AND PLACE SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR; FOR ISSUANCE OF
WARRANT OF ARREST; APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE TO
ORDINANCES HERETOFORE PASSED AND ADOPTED AND
ORDINANCES ADOPTED IN THE FUTURE; AND PENALTY
FOR VIOLATIONS.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does hereby ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. Whenever any person is arrested for the violation
of any ordinance of the City of Azusa, which declares therein that any
violation is a misdemeanor, and such person is not immediately taken
before a Magistrate as more fully set forth in the Penal Code of Cali-
fornia, the arresting officer shall prepare in triplicate a written
notice to appear in court that shall contain the name and address of
such person, the offense charged, and the time and place where and
when such person shall appear in court and shall fully follow the
provisions of Section 853.1 of the Penal Code of California.
SECTION 2. The provisions of this ordinance and the pro-
cedure outlined in Sections853.1, 853.2, 853.3 and 853.4 of the Penal
Code of California shall apply to all ordinances of the City of Azusa,
heretofore and hereafter adopted and approved by the City Council,
violations of which are punishable as misdemeanors.
SECTION 3. Any person wilfully violating his written
promise to appear in court or before an officer authorized to receive
a deposit of bail is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition
of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.
SECTION Li . Whenever any person who has signed a written
promise to appear at a time and place specified in his written promise
to appear and who has not posted bail, as provided in Section 853.1
or1269(b) of the Penal Code of California, the Magistrate shall issue
and have delivered for execution a warrant for such person' s arrest
within twenty days after failure of such person to appear as promised,
or 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 promised to appear, then, within twenty days after the
delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a Magis-
trate having jurisdiction over the offense.
When such person violates his written promise to appear
before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a Magistrate,
the officer shall immediately deliver to the Magistrate having juris-
diction over the offense chargeithe written promise to appear and the
complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1269(b)
of the Penal Code of California, the Chief of Police shall designate
such officers of the Police Department as an officer authorized to
accept bail.
SECTION 6. Upon conviction of any person for failing to
comply with or for violating any provisions of this ordinance, he
shall be punished by imprisonment in the City Jail or in the County
Jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by a fine of not to
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exceed Five Hundred Dollars, or by both such fine or imprisonment .
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved this 1.th day of November , 1957•
Mayor of the City oP Azusa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 558; was regularly intro-
duced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 2 day of October, 1957. That, thereafter, said
ordinance was duly aod pted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the hth day of November , 1957, by the following
vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Fawcett, Ortuno, Romero, Nemmeaheiiaer
NOES : Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: ,sen
ity Clerk of the City of Azusa
I do further certify t at I caused said Ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage
thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa,
on the nth day of November , 1957, and that the same was
published in accordance with law.
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