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(CITY) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES IN (CITY). The City Council of the City of (City) hereby ordains: Section 1. 1.1 PURPOSE. (City) authorized byresolution the use of administrative citations for specific Y~•affic offenses, as permitted by the Legislature in Minn. Stat. § 169.999. The City is required by that statute to establish and maintain procedures through which motorists receiving administrative citations may obtain an independent hearing or judicial review of a citation. The City Council finds that establishing a voluntary administrative citation procedm•e ensw•es the availability of an independent hearing and retains full opportunity to obtain judicial review of a citation. 1.2 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them: Citation. An administrative citation issued to a motorist for a Designated T'raffie Offense occurring within the City. Designated Traffic Offense. Those traffic offenses eligible for administrative citation as designated by Minn. Stat. § 169.999, subd. 1(b)(1), (2) and (3), as it may be amended fi•om time to time. Issuing Officer. The licensed peace officer employed by or under contract with (City) who issues any particular administrative citation. Flyer. A document which informs a person receiving an adminishative citation o£ - the recipient's right to challenge the citation or opt for a standard criminal citation; -the City's process for handling challenges to adminish~ative traffic citations; - the process for paying a traffic citation; and the effect of an administrative h•aftic citation on a recipients driving record. Recipient. The person who receives an administrative citation under this chapter. Section 2 2.1 AUTHORIZATION. Licensed peace officers employed or under contract with the City may issue administrative citations for Designated Traffic Offenses occurring within the City. The f ne for committing a Designated Traffic Offense shall be the amount stated in Minn. Stat. § 169.999, subd. 5, as it may be amended ii•om time to time.