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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1252ORDINANCE NO. NS-1252 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING ARTICLE III, CONSISTING OF SECTIONS 2-200, 2-201, 2-202, 2-203, 2-210, 2-211, 2-212, AND 2-213, TO CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO THE DESIGNATION AND USE OF THE CITY SEAL AND THE CITY EMBLEM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Article III to Chapter 2 thereof, consisting of sections 2-200, 2-201, 2-202, 2-203, 2-210, 2-211, 2-212, and 2-213, to read as follows: ARTICLE III. CITY SEAL AND CITY EMBLEM Sec. 2-200. City Seal - designation. The city seal is the impression made by that certain instrument retained and used by the clerk of the council for the purpose of attesting documents as acts of the city council. The general design and the details of the impression made by the City seal, shall correspond substantially with the following re- presentation thereof: Sec. 2-201. Same use. The city seal, or any facsimile thereof, shall not be affixed to any document or writing, except by the clerk of the council or such assistants to the clerk as may be authorized by him, and except for the purpose of attesting the document to be an act of the city council. Sec. 2-202. Same omission, effect. No act of the city council or document in evidence thereof shall be invalid by reason of the omission of the city seal. Sec. 2-203. Same loss. ~ ~lze event the seal, the words by the clerk of the constitute the city of los~ nf t~e instrument used for affixing ~'Seal, City of Santa Ana, California", written council in attestation of a document, shall seal. ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1252 PAGE TWO Sec. 2-210. City emblem - designation. The city emblem is a design used for the purpose of sym- bolically representing the authority of the City of Santa Ana and the capacity of its officers, employees and agents as rep- resentatives of the City of Santa Ana. The general design and the details of the City emblem, excluding colors, shall correspond substantially with the following representation thereof: Sec. 2-211. Same use in election campaign prohibited. No person shall use the city emblem, or any facsimile thereof, for purposes of supporting or opposing the nomination or election to any city or other public office of himself or any other person, or for purposes of supporting or opposing any ballot measure, nor include such city emblem on any writing distributed for purposes of influencing the action of the electorate, or any part thereof, in any election. This section shall not be applicable to writings issued by the City of Santa Ana pursuant to law. Sec. 2-212. Same use by persons other than officers and employees. No person, other than an officer or employee of the City of Santa Ana, shall use the city emblem, or any facsimile thereof, for any purpose except to the extent he may be authorized to do so by resolution of the city council. Sec. 2-213. Same use for malicious or financial purposes prohibited No person shall use the city emblem, or any facsimile thereof, for any malicious purpose or for the purpose of personal financial gain. SECTION 2: The provisions of sections 2-200, 2-202, and 2-210, as added to the Santa Ana Municipal Code by Section I of this ordinance, are intended as, and shall be construed to be, declaratory of existing law. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1252 PAGE THREE SECTION 3: 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 valid- ity 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, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: 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 provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or case deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 5: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Santa Ana within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. SECTION 6: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its adjourned regular meeting held on the lOth day of March , 1975. ATTEST: MAYOR CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) SS.: I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 18thday of February , 1975, ORDINANCE NO. NS-1252 PAGE FOUR and was again considered by said Council regular meeting held on the 10th day of 1975, and was at said meeting passed and following vote, to wit: at its adjourned March , adopted by the AYES: COUNCILMEN: Garthe, Griset, Yamamoto~ Evans NOES: COUNCILMEN: Ward Markel, Bricken, ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL AMES A. WITHERS~ ~ ~Y JAW:REL/ms 2/10/75