§ 2-4. Issuance of ordinance summons.

Any person who violates any provision of the city Code or any Code adopted pursuant to this Code may be issued an ordinance summons in a form prescribed and authorized by S.C. Code Section 56-7-80 (1992 Supp.) which shall vest jurisdiction in the municipal court to hear and dispose of the charge for which the ordinance summons was issued and served. The ordinance summons may be issued by any city law enforcement officer or any other city official designated by the city manager. The amount of the bond prescribed by the municipal judge for the offense and the procedure for posting the bond by cash or money order within ten (10) days shall be noted on the ordinance summons at the time it is issued. The city official issuing the ordinance summons shall not accept a bond. The ordinance summons shall contain a notice that failure to appear before the court as required, without first posting bond, is a misdemeanor punishable by the fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or thirty (30) days in jail.

(Ord. No. 092-1009, 8-11-92; Ord. No. 093-1013, 8-10-93)