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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE
NUMBER 94-074 TO ALLOW THE CITY OF DENTON FLAG TO BE DISPLAYED
WITHOUT WRITTEN APPLICATION TO AND APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
ACCEPTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS FLAG CODE AS THE APPROPRI-
ATE STANDARDS FOR THE DISPLAY AND TREATMENT OF THE CITY OF DENTON
FLAG, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 94-074, the City Council approved the
official Logo for the City of Denton and declared that the Logo
shall be affixed on all City of Denton flags, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to remove the requirement
that written application must be made to the City Council and the
City Council's approval obtained before any person, firm, or
corporation shall display the flag, NOW THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That Section III of Ordinance No 94-074 is
amended to read as follows
That the standards for the use of the City of Denton Flag are
as follows
A person, firm, organization, or corporation, other than the
City of Denton, who adopts, uses, displays, incorporates, or
appropriates the official City Flag as any part of any
material, equipment, or other matter of such person, firm,
organization, or corporation should do so in a manner consis-
tent with the Texas Flag Code, Tex Rev Civ Stat Ann art 6139c
(Vernon 1995)
That the standards for the use of the official City Logo when
not affixed to a flag are as follows
A person, firm, organization, or corporation, other than the
City of Denton who desires to adopt, use, display, incorpo-
rate, or appropriate the official Logo of the City of Denton
as any part of any material, equipment, or other matter of
such person, firm organization, or corporation should make
written application to the City Council and obtain the
approval of the City Council
SECTION II That Section IV of Ordinance No 94-074 is
amended to read as follows
A person, firm, organization or corporation shall not use,
display, incorporate or appropriate the official Logo of the
City of Denton or the City of Denton Flag in any manner which
would violate any State civil or criminal statute
SECTION III That save and except as amended hereby the
remaining sections of Ordinance 94-074 shall remain in full force
and effect
SECTION IV That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the L' day of 19 661
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETA
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ERBERT PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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