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Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 2.56 Citation Issuance Authority

Wasco Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Wasco

Cite as: Wasco Municipal Code Chapter 2.56 · Text as of 2026-10-03

Sections: 2.56.010 Authority vested. 2.56.020 City manager’s authority to designate additional officers.

2.56.010 Authority vested.

Pursuant to Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code, the following officers and their subordinates are vested with the authority to arrest any person who violates the following provisions of this code:

A. Code enforcement officer: Chapters 3.12, 3.20, 5.04, 5.20, 5.32, 5.36, 6.04, 8.12, 8.16, 8.28, 8.32, 8.36, 12.04, 12.08, 12.12, 12.16, 12.20, 15.04, 15.12, 15.16, 15.20; Titles 16 and 17.

B. Animal control officer: Chapter 6.04.

C. Public works director: Chapters 8.12, 12.08, 12.16, 12.20.

D. Building inspector: Chapters 8.28, 12.04, 12.08, 12.12, 12.16, 13.12, 15.04, 15.12, 15.16, 15.20, 15.24.

E. City engineer: Chapters 12.12, 12.16, 13.04, 13.12; Title 16. (Ord. 413 §1, 1996).

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2.56.020 City manager’s authority to designate additional officers.

The city manager shall have the power to designate by written order those particular officers or employees who shall be authorized to enforce particular provisions of this code, in addition to those officers enumerated in Section 2.56.010. Officers or employees so designated shall have the authority to arrest persons who violate any of said provisions.

An officer or employee designated, pursuant to this section, shall be determinative of the enforcement powers of such officer or employee, notwithstanding a designation of a different officer or employee within the particular provisions of this chapter referred to in Section 2.56.010. (Ord. 413 §§2, 3, 1996).

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