§ 1.08. ACTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES.

(a)

All prosecutions for violations of city ordinances alleged to have occurred after December 31, 1977, shall be commenced by filing a subscribed and sworn to complaint with a magistrate, or district court clerk or the clerk's deputy.

(b)

The complaint shall contain:

1.

The name of the county and of the court where the complaint is filed.

2.

The names of the parties, if the defendants be known, and if not, such names as may be given them by the complaint.

3.

A concise statement of the act or acts constituting the offense, including the time and place of its commission as near as may be, and identifying by number the ordinance alleged to be violated.

(c)

The court, upon its own motion, or upon the application of the City Attorney or his assistant, in the furtherance of justice, may order the dismissal of any pending criminal prosecution, the reasons therefor being stated in the order and entered of record, and no such prosecution shall be discontinued or abandoned in any other manner.

(49-87)