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No person shall place upon any vehicle, other than a vehicle owned by or under the control or management of this City, any sign or plate bearing the words “Department of Fire, City of Los Angeles” or “Fire Department, City of Los Angeles” or any similar sign, or drive or operate any vehicle bearing such sign.
(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.
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 173,363, Eff. 7/29/00, Oper. 7/1/00.) The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services may, upon written request, grant exemptions from the provisions of Sec. 63.98 which mandate the placing of the City seal on city vehicles. Such an exemption may be granted only for a period terminating at the end of the calendar year in which the exemption is granted, and that officer shall maintain a record thereof.
Every truck unit and unit of automotive equipment other than passenger motor vehicles owned by this City shall at all times have painted or imprinted on each side, preferably on the cab doors, the official seal of this City not less than eight (8) inches in diameter. At the option of the department to which said motor truck or unit of automotive equipment has been assigned there may be painted or imprinted in letters two (2) inches in height, immediately below said seal the name of the department and immediately below such name there shall be painted or imprinted in digits one and one-half (1-1/2) inches in height, the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent to the truck or equipment unit. In the absence of the department name there shall be imprinted immediately below said seal the automotive equipment number assigned by the Purchasing Agent.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, the City Council may at its discretion authorize and direct that there be affixed to the front or rear bumper of vehicles assigned to any department or office a sticker urging compliance with the State of California maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. (Added by Ord. No. 152,456, Eff. 6/7/79.)
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article to the contrary the City Council may at its discretion authorize and direct there be affixed to the front or rear bumper of vehicles assigned to any department or office a sticker urging motorists to be alert to the presence of school children on public streets. (Added by Ord. No. 154,390, Eff. 9/17/80.)
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