(Amended by Ord. No. 132,116, Eff. 5/20/66.)
Every passenger motor vehicle owned by this City, except passenger vehicles assigned to the Mayor, City Council, and members of the Police Department, shall at all times have painted or imprinted on each side of the vehicle, preferably on the foredoors, the official seal of this City, not less than six inches in diameter. At the option of the department to which said motor vehicle has been assigned there may be painted or imprinted in letters two inches in height, immediately below such seal, the name of the department, and immediately below such name there shall be painted or imprinted in digits one and one half inches in height the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent to the vehicle. In the absence of the department name, there shall be imprinted below said seal the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent. In no instance shall any passenger motor vehicle owned by this City bear more than three described markings, to wit: The City Seal, the name of the department to which assigned, and the prescribed equipment number of the unit, except that passenger motor vehicles, black and white in color, assigned to the Police Department may have painted or imprinted, thereon, immediately to the rear of the official seal of this City, the words “to protect and to serve,” no letter of which shall exceed two inches in height, and except that passenger motor vehicles assigned to the Fire Department may have painted or imprinted thereon numbers, letters, words of such size and color and in such locations as may be necessary to provide ground and aerial identification at emergencies.