[Adopted 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 21-21]
In addition to the Official Flag of the United States of America, the Township of Clark may display on Township-owned flagpoles, flagstaffs and on public buildings and in public parks and playgrounds as the Township Council may authorize by resolution as a form of government speech, provided the display of same shall not show religious preference.
The Official Flag of the United States of America shall be displayed highest and any such additional flags shall be flown below the Official Flag of the United States of America. The Official Flag of the United States of America shall be displayed in accordance with and in the mariner prescribed in Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code ( 4 U.S.C.S. §§ 1-10).
The Township's flagpoles, flagstaffs and public buildings are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public. Rather, the Township's flagpoles, flagstaffs and public buildings are to be used exclusively by the Township, where the Council may display a commemorative flag as a form of government expression. The Township will not display a commemorative flag based on a request from a third party, nor will the Township use its flagpoles to sponsor the expression of a third party.
No person shall display or place upon any flagpole flagstaffs or on public buildings owned by the Township of Clark any flag or other object not otherwise authorized as an expression of government speech by the Township Council of the Township of Clark and without the express written permission of the Township of Clark.
In addition to the Official Flag of the United States of America and such other flags as may be authorized by resolution of the Township Council, the following flags are hereby permitted to be displayed upon flagpoles, flagstaffs and on public buildings owned by the Township of Clark as a form of expression of government speech, in the manner set forth above:
A. 
The Official Flag of the State of New Jersey;
B. 
P.O.W./M.I.A. (Prisoner of War/Missing in Action) flag as provided in Title 36, Chapter 9, § 902 of the United State Code (36 U.S.C.S. § 902); and
C. 
The official flags of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corp., the Airforce, the Coast Guard and the Space Force of the United States of America.
Nothing contained herein is intended to abridge the right of the citizens of the Township of Clark to petition or request the Township Council to authorize an expression of government speech.