The City adopts as its official seal, a depiction, within two gold bordered circles upon a field of royal blue and arched downward across the top in gold lettering all in caps, City of Newport, and arched upward across the bottom in gold lettering all in caps, Founded 1795; then setting forth within the inner gold bordered circle four equal triangular quadrants, each outlined in gold, forming an X, and located within the center a royal blue depiction of the shape of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, bordered in gold; with the upper quadrant depicting upon a field of forest green, an image of the facade of the City of Newport Municipal Building in red and tan with black windows; the right quadrant depicting upon a field of light blue, the image of a typical house within the East Row Historic District, in red and tan; the lower quadrant depicting upon a field of light blue, an image of the L&N/Purple People Bridge spanning of the Ohio River upon four piers in gold and tan and floating upon the river in the foreground a side wheel riverboat with a script “N” on its side wheel paddle housing, in black, red and tan, succeeded by two gold waves to the immediate left; and, the left quadrant depicting upon a field of forest green, an image of the World Peace Bell in gold and tan.
(Am. Ord. O-2009-002, passed 2-9-2009)