A. No person shall place the City Seal/City Logo or any copy, facsimile, or reproduction thereof on any written or printed material supporting or opposing any candidate or candidates for any elective public office or supporting or opposing any state or federal legislation or any local or statewide referendum, initiative, or other ballot measure, and no person shall circulate or distribute any such written or printed material containing or bearing the City Seal/City Logo or any copy, facsimile or reproduction thereof, except only as provided in section 1.02.150.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, reproduce, manufacturer, display or use the City Seal/City Logo, or their design or any design so closely resembling the same as to be apt to deceive or be reasonably mistaken for in any way the City Seal/City Logo, for any purpose other than for official city business, a city-sponsored event or publication, or a city-endorsed event or publication, without the approval of the City Council.
C. Unless specifically approved by a majority of the City Council, no person who is not an officer, employee or agent of the city shall place any copy, facsimile, imitation or replica of the City Seal/City Logo, or anniversary logo on any document so as to cause another person to reasonably believe that the document bearing the Seal or Logo was generated or approved by the city or that the person responsible for creating the document is employed by or is an officer of the city.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person to use the City Seal/City Logo, or any copy, facsimile, imitation or reproduction thereof, for any private or commercial purpose, except upon the approval of the City Council.
E. No person shall place any imitation of the City Seal on any written or printed material which is designed, calculated, intended or likely to confuse, deceive or mislead the public or cause the reader of such written or printed material to believe it to be an official city publication, and no person shall circulate or distribute any such written or printed material in the City of Signal Hill.
F. No person may use, or authorize the use of city stationery bearing the City Seal for any purposes other than those set forth in section 1.02.150 unless specifically authorized by the City Council.
G. Except as authorized herein, the City Seal should not be used on or in connection with any advertisement or promotion for any product, business, organization, service or article, whether offered for sale, for profit or offered without charge.
H. No person, other than the City Manager or the city-designated buyer, may print or order the printing of any city stationery bearing the City Seal or City Logo.
(Ord. 2008-11-1392 § 1, 2008)