HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-01 Badges for Fire Department OfficersORDINANCE NO. 94-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
Z. OF COSTA MESA,. CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 7 -3 -
TO" CHAPTER I OF TITLE 7 OF -THE COSTA, MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING BADGES FOR, FIRE
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
THE CITY.COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.' Section 7-3 is hereby added to -Chapter I of
Title 7 of the Costa Mesa Municipal.Code to read as follows:
"Sec. 7-3 Badge for Fire Department Officers
(a).-No.person who is -not a regular -fire department officer
shall wear, display or carry an official fire department
officer's, badge.
(.b)... As' used in. this section, -the term "official fire
department officer's badge" 'means a badge of the size, type
and design last approved by the Fire Chief for use by regular
fire department officers. Such badge shall bear on the face
thereof -the. -title or rank of the person to whom it is issued.
All, badges of each title.or rank shall be issued according to
a method prescribed by the Fire Chief. All official fire
department officer's badges shall be the property of the City,
and shall at no time become the personal property of any
individual
(c). As used, in this section, a "regular fire department
officer" means all regular officer members. of the- fire
department of this City appointed and duly commissioned, as
provided by law,
to perform the duties of fire department
officers.
(d) Official fire, department officer's badges shall be issued
only by the Fire_Chief. The Fire Chief shall appoint an
officer of the fire department .to be the custodian of all
badges. No official fire department officer's badge shall be
distributed to any regular fire department officer, except by
the custodian, who shall make a complete record of 'all badges
so distributed.
(e.) When any person shall sever his or her connection with
the.fire department, or shall retire on pension, it shall be
his or her duty to return his or her official fire department
officer's badge to the Fire Chief. Notwithstanding, any
provision in this section,.the Fire Chief may authorize, based
on the service or retirement, that-. any person who has been
employed,by the fire department as a regular fire "department
officer retain.and.carry his or her-official.fire department
officer's badge lawfully issued to him or her by the Fire
Chief, provided the word "retired" is. plainly shown on the
badge.
Section 2. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effectthirty(30) days from and after its passage and, before the
expiration -'of fifteen ('15). days after its passage, shall be
,published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA PILOT, -a, newspaper
of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa
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Mesa, or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be
published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the
text of this Ordinance shall be posited in the office of the City
Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this
Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City
Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and
shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this
Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this aa')' day of , 1994.
May -of the Ci of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clk of the City of Ciabta Ivsa
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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CITY OF -COSTA MESA. )
I,,MARY-T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of.
the -City Council of the City. of Costa Mesa hereby certify -that the
above. and -foregoing Ordinance No. 94-1 was introduced and
considered 'section by section at a -regular meeting of said City,
Council held on ' the � day of ��a�Q,aucv��� , 1994, . and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at,a regu al r meeting of -said City
Council•'held on the as day of ,. 1994, by the
following roll call_vote:.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CENiS 9UM1014RfiY ffDRNc3t�c�LcUu �A,
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NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Antja
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: `nIj
IN WITNESS . WHEREOF, I have hereunto pet my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of, Costa Mesa this day of 1994. •
_ -- Deputy .0 y Clerk and ex -officio
Clerk of he City Council of the
City.of Costa Mesa