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ORDINANCE NS-2328 SECTION 26: That section 18-235 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 27: That section 1-18.2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: sec. 1-18.2. Public works department authority to issue citations. The director of public works, the administrative services manager, the enterprise coordinator, the environmental control supervisor, the maintenance services manager and all sanitation inspectors have the duty to enforce the provisions of sections 16-1 through 16-4, 16-30, 16-31, 16-33 through 16-37.5, 16-39 and 16-48 of this Code, the director of public works, the maintenance services manager and the tree maintenance supervisor have the duty to enforce the provisions of sections 10-141 through 10-143 and 16-48 of this Code, the director of public works, the water resources manager, the utility inspector and the water meter repairers have the duty to enforce the provisions of sections 39-26, 39-33 and 39-106 through 39-111 of this Code and the director of public works, the engineering services manager, senior civil engineer, associate engineers, assistant engineers and the construction inspectors have the duty to enforce the provisions of Article IV of Chapter 18 of this Code. The above-listed officers and employees are authorized to arrest persons without a warrant whenever they have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed 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 5 C, Title III, of Part 2 of the Penal Code of the State of California (commencing with Section 853.6) . SECTION 13: 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 of 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, subsection, 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 14: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal 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 provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,