Court officials on Tuesday released video footage of an apparent parking dispute that led to felony assault charges against an Encinitas City Council member.

The footage captures some of the interaction between Luke Shaffer, 45, and an Encinitas homeowner on July 5 during a dispute over the placement of two trash cans on a street that offers beach access.

The following is a portion of a video the prosecution submitted as evidence in an alleged assault case Encinitas City Councilmember Luke Shaffer faces.The charges arise from an apparent parking dispute in Encinitas July 5. Bystander faces were blurred by order of the court. In this shortened version, the image has been zoomed in to focus on the encounter. (Released by San Diego Superior Court)

The District Attorney’s Office later filed charges against Shaffer, alleging felony assault likely to produce great bodily injury and misdemeanor hit-and-run driving involving property damage. He was also charged with “willful omission to perform duty.”

Shaffer has pleaded not guilty. His attorney, Isaac Blumberg, has called the charges “outrageous overreach.”

Shaffer, who was first elected to the City Council last year, spoke briefly about the matter during a council meeting last month, saying in part: “I do not believe these charges are warranted, and I am not guilty of the accusations that have been presented to the public.”

According to the prosecution, the alleged victim was outside his Encinitas home when Shaffer moved the man’s trash bins, which were on the street at the curb so he could park his pickup. The homeowner saw that the bins had been moved, and the encounter between the two strangers escalated, prosecutors said.

Deputy District Attorney Chandelle Boyce said during Shaffer’s Sept. 9 arraignment that when the encounter started, the alleged victim approached Shaffer and explained that it was trash pickup day. She said Shaffer disputed that it was a trash pickup day and identified himself as an Encinitas City Council member.

She alleged that Shaffer backed into a trash bin as the man stood near it, which Boyce said knocked the man back several feet, but he did not fall.

When Shaffer was arraigned, the prosecution also filed as evidence a roughly 10-minute video of the alleged incident. Following requests by media outlets, including the Union-Tribune, the court agreed last week to release the footage. It was made available Tuesday.

In a statement provided last week by a communications person working with Shaffer, defense attorney Blumberg said the video “speaks for itself.”

“The footage shows exactly what we’ve said from the start,” the attorney said, “this was a minor parking dispute, not a violent or criminal act.”

The footage is from the sort of security camera people install on or near their front door. Much of the frame is filled by a large patio where several stone masons are working. The incident occurred in the street beyond the patio.

The following is video the prosecution submitted as evidence in an alleged assault case Encinitas City Councilmember Luke Shaffer faces.The charges arise from an apparent parking dispute in Encinitas July 5. Bystander faces were blurred by order of the court. (Released by San Diego Superior Court)

The roughly 10-minute video generally starts as a black pickup truck pulls into the frame across the street from a home, and it ends shortly after the truck leaves

At some point early in the video, the pickup stops and the driver gets out, walks behind it and moves two rolling trash bins. The homeowner soon approaches. However, any encounter between the two men at that point is obscured by a large tree.

The two eventually come into view again, and the homeowner begins rolling the trash bins back into place. As he does, the pickup driver is next to the homeowner, and it appears that the can is shoved and it falls over. The two men briefly interact before both turn and walk away.

The driver gets into the pickup truck, and the homeowner again starts rolling the bins back into place. The truck backs up several feet. What sounds like screeching tires is heard as the truck abruptly stops. Boyce said last month that the defendant’s back tire crushed one of the bins, and said “the tailgate of the truck struck (the alleged victim’s) upraised hands, pushing him back several feet.” It does not appear that portion of the alleged incident was caught on video.

One of the workers yells at the driver, and the two briefly exchange words — Boyce said Shaffer said he was “going to call the deputy that works for him.”

The driver then gets out and walks toward the back end of the truck, which is obscured from the camera by the tree. For the next few minutes, the tree obscures at least one of the men. Boyce alleged that Shaffer told the homeowner that he would never get another permit in Encinitas again.

Shaffer’s preliminary hearing is slated for Nov. 13.