2.855 Short-Form Citation Authorized.
(1) A citation conforming to the requirements of this section may be used by officers and other persons authorized to enforce any of the provisions of City ordinances or this code.
(2) The citation shall consist of at least three parts. Additional parts may be inserted for administrative purposes by departments charged with the enforcement of the ordinances or code sections. The required parts are:
(a) The complaint.
(b) The department record.
(c) The summons.
(3) Each of the three parts shall contain the following information or blanks in which the information shall be entered:
(a) The name of the court and the court's docket or file number.
(b) The name of the person or persons cited.
(c) The offense charged; the time and place, the date on which the citation was issued; the name of the complainant; and, in the case of zoning violations, the designation of the zone in which the violation occurred.
(d) The hour and date when the person cited is to appear in court.
(e) The bail, if any, fixed for the offense.
(4) Each of the parts may also contain identifying and additional information, as may be necessary or appropriate for administrative departments of the City. In the case of a zoning violation, this may include an indication of whether a written warning was previously issued to the defendant for the same violation, if it is a continuing one.
(5) The complaint shall contain a form of verification by the complainant to the effect that he swears that he has reasonable grounds to believe, and does believe, that the person cited committed the offense contrary to ordinance or this code. The complainant, whether he is a person charged with enforcement of the regulation, or a private person, shall make verification before the City court, or a clerk or deputy clerk of the court, or anyone else so authorized by an order of the court, and this action shall be entered in the court record.