1.04.050 Use of city logo without permission.
A. Except as provided for in this section, no person other than the city council shall reproduce, use, give away, sell or distribute any logo or facsimile thereof purporting to represent to be the city logo.
B. A person may not use or make a die, impression, or electronic duplication of the municipal (city) logo for any advertising or commercial purpose, unless written permission has first been obtained from the city manager or their designee.
1. This section does not impair the authority of city staff from using the logo for official business without the consent of the city manager.
2. Licensing shall be upon terms and conditions approved by the city attorney’s office.
3. For purposes of this section, advertising means:
a. Communication used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience to take or continue some action, and includes commercial offerings; or
b. Noncommercial communications of any type made for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the city or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
4. Use of the city logo in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be a violation subject to the proceedings set out in Chapter 1.06 BMC. The fine for a violation of this section is five hundred dollars ($500). [Ord. 18-06 § 2.]