Perris Municipal Code Ch. 10.08 Enforcement

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State Law reference— Cities authorized to adopt rules and regulations for traffic control, Vehicle Code § 21100; removal of cars from highways authorized under certain circumstances, Vehicle Code § 22652.

A violation of sections 10.08.020, 10.08.030, 10.16.030, 10.16.040, 10.44.040 and 10.44.070, or any one of them, constitutes a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in section 1.16.010. All other violations of title 10 are infractions and punishable as provided in section 1.16.010.

(Code 1972, § 10.08.010; Ord. No. 237, § 12, 1947; Ord. No. 536, § 2, 1981; Ord. No. 540, § 2, 1981)

(a) If any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provision of this title (with the exception of sections 10.24.010, 10.24.020, 10.36.020, 10.36.030, and chapters 10.40 and 10.44), regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles, the chief of police is authorized and directed to remove and store the same in some convenient garage at the expense of the owner, which expense shall be paid before the vehicle may be removed from storage.

(b) Whenever any motor vehicle without an operator is found parking in violation of any of the parking restrictions of this title (with the exception of sections 10.24.010, 10.24.020, 10.36.020, 10.36.030 and chapters 10.40 and 10.44), the officer finding it shall take its registration number and any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its registered owner or operator and affix conspicuously to such vehicle a notice in writing on a form provided by the city for the operator and registered owner to answer to the charge against him at a time and place specified in the notice, which time shall be within 24 hours. The officer shall file one copy of such notice with the chief of police and one copy with the police court.

(c) Any registered owner or operator of a motor vehicle who willfully neglects to answer to the charges set forth in a notice affixed by a police officer in accordance with this section or who willfully destroys the notice so affixed to the motor vehicle without answering to the charge set forth therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the notice was originally issued.

(Code 1972, § 10.08.020; Ord. No. 137, § 13, 1947)

(a) Whenever any person is arrested for violating any provision of this title (with the exception of sections 10.24.010, 10.24.020, 10.36.020, 10.36.030 and chapters 10.40 and 10.44), the arresting officer shall take the violator's name, address, operator's license number and the registration number of the motor vehicle involved and issue to him in writing on a form provided by the city, a notice of at least five days to answer to the charge against him at an hour and place specified in the notice. The officer thereupon, and upon the giving by the violator his written promise to answer as specified in the notice, shall release him from custody. The arresting officer shall send one copy of such notice to the chief of police and one copy to the police court.

(b) Any person who willfully violates his written promise to appear, given in accordance with this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge on which he originally was arrested.

(Code 1972, § 10.08.030; Ord. No. 137, § 14, 1947)