HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-16 - Restrictions for Use of the City Seal and Penalties for MisuseORDINANCE NO. 04.16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 2-15
TO THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
TO RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THE CITY SEAL AND
PENALTIES FOR MISUSE THEREOF
WHEREAS, by Resolution 53-8, as modified by Resolution 99-54, the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa has adopted an official seal; and
WHEREAS, such City Seal is used in the authentication of official documents
and in the conduct of official City business; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that appropriate regulations are
necessary in order to insure that the City Seal is not utilized except in conjunction with
official city business.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter I of Title 2 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding section 2-15 as follows
"Section 2-15. City Seal
(a) City Seal: The official seal of the City of Costa Mesa shall be in the form
of a die approximately one and one-half inches (11/2") in diameter, the face
of which is as set forth below:
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(b) Use of Seal: It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to
make or use the seal of the City of Costa Mesa, or reproduction thereof,
for any purpose other than for the official business of the City of Costa
Mesa, its Council, officers or departments, except upon approval of the
City Council by ordinance or resolution.
(c) Imitation of Seal: No person shall place any imitation of the City seal on
any written or printed material that is designed, calculated, intended or
likely to confuse, deceive or mislead the public or cause the reader of
such written or printed material to believe it to be an official City
publication, and no person shall circulate or distribute any such written or
printed material in the City of Costa Mesa. Any person violating this
provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Custodian of Seal., The City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa shall be the
official custodian of the official seal of the City."
Section 2. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after
the passage thereof and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall
be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa 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 posted 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 and member of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of January, 2005
ATTEST:
Depufy City Clerk of the
City of Costa Mesa
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA)
I, JULIE FOLCIK, 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. 04-16 was
introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held
on the 61h day of December, 2004, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 3rd day of January, 2005, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Mansoor, Monahan, Beaver, Dixon, Foley
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City
of Costa Mesa this 4`" day of January, 2005.
eputy City Clerk and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa