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ENFORCEMENT:
a. Issuance Of Citations By Designated Employees:
1. Pursuant to section 836.5 of the California Penal Code, the duly designated code enforcement officers and parking control officers of the city, and such other officers and employees of the city as may hereafter be specifically designated by ordinance or resolution of the city council, have the power, authority and immunity, as provided for in that section 836.5, to make arrests without a warrant whenever those officers or employees have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a violation in their presence of an ordinance or statute which those officers or employees have the duty to enforce.
2. In any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this authority and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the officer or employee making the arrest must prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his promise to appear, as prescribed by chapter 5C (commencing with section 853.5) of the California Penal Code.
b. Procedures And Rules Concerning Issuance Of Citations: The city manager may, by administrative regulation, establish procedures and rules governing the conduct of officers and employees designated in or pursuant to subsection 1-6a of this section, and may specify what ordinances those officers and employees will have the duty to enforce if other than all ordinances of the city. (Code 1972 §2-5; Ord. #1438, §2)
1-6.1 Authority Granted:
a. Issuance Of Citations By Designated Employees:
1. Pursuant to section 836.5 of the California Penal Code, the city council grants authority to business license personnel who are Penal Code1 certified to have the power, authority and immunity, as provided for in California Penal Code section 836.5, to make arrests without a warrant whenever those officers or employees have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a violation in their presence of an ordinance or statute which those officers or employees have the duty to enforce.
2. In any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this authority and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the officer or employee making the arrest must prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his promise to appear, as prescribed by chapter 5C (commencing with section 853.5) of the California Penal Code.
b. Procedures And Rules Concerning Issuance Of Citations:
1. The city manager may, by administrative regulation, establish procedures and rules governing the conduct of officers and employees designated in or pursuant to subsection 1-6.1a of this section, and may specify what ordinances those officers and employees will have the duty to enforce if other than all ordinances of the city. (Ord. #1580, §1)
Pen.C. §832.