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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1727 PAGE NINETEEN SECTION 3: That Section 1-18 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 1-18. Fire department authority to issue citations. The fire chief, the fire department division chiefs, the fire department battalion chiefs, the fire captains, and fire department personnel assigned to the fire safety division have the duty to enforce the provisions of Chapter 14 of this Code, including, but not limited to the provi- sions of the Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended by Article 1 of said Chapter, and are authorized to arrest persons without a warrant whenever they have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has com- mitted a violation of said provisions in their presence. In any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this section and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, said officer or employee making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his or her promise to appear as prescribed by Chapter 5C Title III of Part 2 of the Penal Code of the State of California (commencing with Section 853.6). SECTION 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsec- tion, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the ~epeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal