HomeMy WebLinkAbout2948AN ORDINANCE regulating prosecutions for violation of city
ordinances, providing penalties, and repealing all inconsistent ordinances.
THE CITY OF BPd3~RTON DOES ORDAIN:
1. COMPLAINT, CITATION and NOTICE.
Prosecutions for violating municipal ordinances shall be in
conformity with Criminal Rules for Justice Courts (JCrR) and Traffic
Rules for Justice Courts {JTR) adopted by the Supreme Court of this State
and as they may be hereafter amended. .
2. NONAPPEARANCE. AFTER ~RITTEN PROMISE
Any person wilfully vio!~i't, ing .hi~s written and signed promise
to appear in court either
(1) when the promise is on the citation itself;, or
{2) when the promise is to the court in lieu of depositing bail;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the
charge upon which he was originally arre~l~d and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not exceedi.ng Three tttmdred Dollars {$300.00) or by
imprisonment in the city jail not '~xceedi~g nihety {90) days, or by both
fine and imprisonment.
3. INCONSISTEWr ORDINANCES.
Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
APPROVED on first reading this 21st day of April, 1971.
PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authenti-
cation of such passage this
,. aay of 1971
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