The following regulations shall govern the use of the flag of the United States within the city:
A. Saluting the Flag. The salute to the flag of the United States is an act of respect towards the sovereign people of the United States, and in rendering the salute the individual honors him or herself as much as he or she honors the nation. During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag at a review, or when the flag is passing at the head of a parade or procession, all persons present shall face the flag, stand at attention and salute it. Those in uniform shall render the righthand salute; those not in uniform shall remove the headdress and hold it at the left shoulder and women shall salute by placing the right hand over the heart.
B. Display on Public Buildings. The flag of the United States shall be regularly displayed on the administration buildings of all public institutions in this city.
C. Hours of Display. The flag of the United States shall be publicly displayed only in daylight, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, being hoisted to the masthead briskly and lowered slowly. Flags displayed as a part of the decoration of the city, attached to ropes, wires or cables over the streets, may be allowed to remain out overnight when it is difficult to take them in, or the display is intended to remain intact for several days.
D. Carrying in Processions. When carried in processions, the flag of the United States shall occupy the place of honor at the marching head of the parade with all other flags aligned across the line of march behind it, or on the right of the marching head of the parade with all other flags aligned to its left, as it advances.
E. Display from Crossed Staffs. When displayed with another flag from crossed staffs placed against a wall, the flag of the United States shall be on its own right (the observer's left) and its staff shall be in front of the staff of the other flag.
F. Display in Clusters. Where the flag of the United States is displayed in a cluster of other flags, as of nations, states, cities or societies, from their staffs, it shall occupy the post of honor at the center or the highest point of the group.
G. Display with Another Flag on Some Halyard. When flown from the same halyard with any other flag or pennant, the flag of the United States shall always be at the peak, except that the "church pennant" may be flown over the flag during the time of a religious ceremony, when the use of the flag may be fitting and proper.
H. Display with Flag of Foreign Nation. International usage forbids the display of one national flag above another in time of peace. Where flags of other nations are displayed from staffs with the flag of the United States, they shall be of equal size, if possible. The staffs shall be of equal height, and the American flag shall be at the right of the display (the observer's left). The American flag is hoisted first and lowered last in token of the sovereignty of the United States.
In all places where the flags of foreign nations are displayed in this city, the flag of the United States shall be displayed in the place of honor (at the front or on the right).
I. Display from Building. In displaying the flag of the United States from the front of a building on a projecting staff or rope, the union of the flag (blue field with stars) shall be in front, away from the building.
J. Display Over Street. If displayed over the middle of a street, the flag of the United States shall be suspended vertically, with the union in the upper corner towards the east in north and south streets and towards the north in east and west streets. The honor point of the compass is towards the east.
K. Display on Speaker's Platform or Church Chancel. When used on a speaker's platform, or in the chancel of a church, the flag of the United States shall be displayed from a staff at the right of the speaker's table, pulpit or altar, or, if displayed flat, it shall be above and behind the speaker with the union in the upper corner and on the flag's own right (the observer's left).
L. Display Other than from a Staff. If not flown from a staff, the flag of the United States shall be displayed flat with the union uppermost and to the flag's own right (the observer's left). It shall not be looped, festooned, drawn into festoons, used as a curtain or drapery, or otherwise treated as a mere article of decoration. Bunting, alone, is proper for decorative purposes.
M. Display in Public Meetings. When displayed in the body of a church or other meeting place, the flag of the United States shall be flown from a staff in the position of honor at the right and in front of the congregation or audience. Other flags shall be at the left.
N. Draping Caskets. When, at a funeral, the flag of the United States is used to drape a casket, the union is placed over the left shoulder. It shall not be lowered into the grave, nor be allowed to touch the ground.
O. Display at Half-Mast. Whenever the flag of the United States is required to be flown at half-mast, it shall be first hoisted to the peak and then lowered to the half-staff position, and before lowering the flag for the day, it shall be hoisted to the peak from the half-mast for a moment and then lowered.
P. Display on Memorial Day. On the 30th day of May, Memorial Day, the flag of the United States shall be displayed at half-mast from sunrise until noon, and at full-mast from noon until sunset.
Q. Use of Crepe with Flag. The use of crepe in connection with the flag of the United States is prohibited, except at such times as it is ordered by the president of the United States.
R. Use in Connection with Advertising. The flag of the United States shall not be used in any form of advertisement; neither shall any representation of the flag be used in or on any advertisement. Advertisements shall not be placed upon the flag of the United States, nor upon its staff.
S. Wearing as Costume or Uniform. The flag of the United States shall not be worn as a portion of a costume or uniform.
T. Display on Vehicles or Floats. The flag of the United States shall not be displayed on a float in a parade or upon any kind of vehicle, except from the staff securely attached to such vehicle or float.
U. Dipping in Homage. The flag of the United States is never dipped in homage to any person or thing. If honors are to be done, they shall be done by other flags and banners.
V. Permanent Fastenings. The flag of the United States shall not be permanently fastened, as by tacks, nails, etc., to any staff or other object, except that very small, cheap flags used for decoration purposes only may be so fastened.
W. Desecrating Flag-Destroying Old Flag. The flag of the United States is not to be allowed to touch the ground. No person shall mutilate the flag or do any act of disrespect or desecration towards it; and if any flag gets in such condition that it is not fit to be publicly displayed, it shall be privately burned, or destroyed by some other method in harmony with the respect we owe to the emblem of our country, and entirely without ceremony. (Prior code § 1.01.130)