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.