HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-730ORDINANCE NO. 730
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 5.21 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF FAIRHOPE, BY DEFINING AND EXPANDING
"CITATION".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE,
ALABAMA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE: Section 5.21 of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Fairhope, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 5.21. The City dog catcher and police are
hereby authorized to issue citations for
violations of provisions of this code or
other ordinances pertaining to dogs. A
citation shall consist of a registered
or certified letter mailed from the dog
catcher or the police to any person
reasonably believed to have violated any
provision of this chapter, advising said
person of the pertinent provision
believed to have been violated, the
facts of the violation believed to have
occurred and advising said person to
appear before the Municipal Judge of the
City of Fairhope, at a date and time
certain and show cause, if any, why a
warrant for their arrest should not
issue. Nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit the immediate
issuance of a warrant for the arrest of
any person where probable cause exists
to believe they may have violated any
provision of this chapter."
SECTION TWO: The remainder of Chapter 5 remains as
written.
SECTION THREE: This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon due adoption and publication as required by
law.
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