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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2006 1018 CC REG ITEM 11AACTION: ORDINANCE NO. 342 } AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1.08.20 (DESIGN) AND ADDING SECTION 1.08.21 (UNAUTHORIZED USE) TO CHAPTER 1.08 (CITY SEAL) OF TITLE 1 (GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that an amendment to Section 1.08.20 and an additional Section 1.08.21 are needed for Chapter 1.08, Title 1, of the Moorpark Municipal Code; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1.08.20 of Chapter 1.08, Title 1, of the Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby revised in its entirety to read as follows: 1.08.020 Design. The seal adopted in Section 1.08.10 of this chapter shall be generally circular in form without a diameter size limitation. At the base of the seal shall appear the words " MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA" "INCORPORATED JULY 1, 1983 ". Within shall appear the blossom of the Moorpark apricot. SECTION 2. Section 1.08.21 of Chapter 1.08, Title 1, of the Moorpark Municipal Code shall be added to read as follows: 1.08.21 Unauthorized use. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or use the seal of the City of Moorpark, or any cut, facsimile, or reproduction thereof, or make or use any seal or any design which is an imitation of said seal, or the design thereof, or which may be mistaken therefor of the design thereof, without authorization from the City, which may be given provided the purpose is for official business of the City of Moorpark, its Council, officers or departments. SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part of portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, Ordinance No. 342 Page 2 phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 2006. Patrick Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk 4 woIL:.t