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City attorney presents code change to clarify civil vs. misdemeanor offenses in traffic chapter

4503366 · June 18, 2025
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Summary

The committee heard from the city attorney on an amendment to Title 10 to clarify which violations are misdemeanors and which are civil infractions; staff described the change as a conforming edit to remove ambiguity.

David Hopkinson of the city attorney’s office told the committee the proposed ordinance clarifies the default offense level in Title 10 of the municipal code so provisions that are civil sanctions are not mistakenly read as…

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