§ 1-8-3. City flag or banner.

A.

The municipal flag or banner of the city shall be rectangular in shape. Its length shall be 1 2/3 times its width. The field or background shall be divided into three parts, the colors being red, white and blue. Upon the conjunction of the lines bounding the three fields shall be centered the official seal of the city, its colors being gold and white.

B.

The white portion of the city flag or banner is more particularly described as follows:

  Beginning at a point in the inner edge (secured edge) of such flag or banner, such point being the uppermost corner of said flag; thence along the upper edge a distance of one-half the length of the entire flag; thence toward the bottom edge of such flag angling toward the secured edge to a point in the bottom edge of such flag or banner, such point being two-thirds the distance from the free edge of such flag or banner; thence one-third the length of the flag to a point, such point being the bottom corner of the inner or secured edge of such flag; thence along the secured or inner edge toward the top the entire width of the flag to a point of beginning; such described portion being white in color except for that part being overlaid with the official seal of the city.

C.

The red portion of the city flag or banner is more particularly described as follows:

  Beginning in the uppermost corner of the free edge or outer edge; thence along the free or outer edge toward the bottom edge of such flag or banner a distance of one-half the width of such flag; thence toward the secured edge, parallel to the top and bottom, to a point where such line contacts the white portion of such flag; thence angling toward the free or outer edge to a point in the top of such flag or banner; thence along the top edge of such flag a distance of one-half its length to a point in the uppermost corner of the free edge, such point being the point of beginning; described portion being red in color except for that part being overlaid by the seal of the city.

D.

The blue portion of the city flag or banner is more particularly described as follows:

  Beginning at a point in the free or outer edge of such flag or banner, such point being the bottom corner; thence along the bottom edge of such flag a distance of two-thirds its length to a point; thence angling toward the free or outer edge to a point, such point being located halfway between the top and bottom edges of such flag, such point also being the point where the City of Memphis seal shall be centered on such flag or banner; thence toward the outer or free edge, parallel to the top and bottom, to a point in the outer or free edge of such flag or banner, such point being centered between the top and bottom edges at the outer or free edge of such flag; thence along the outer or free edge of such flag one-half the distance of the width to the bottom corner of the free edge, such point being the point of beginning; such described portion being blue in color except for that part being overlaid by the seal of the city.

E.

The seal of the city as described in section 1-8-1 shall be affixed and overlaid on the city flag or banner, its center being located at the conjunction of the three principal colors of the main fields. The diameter of the seal shall be one-half the width of the flag or banner. The background of the seal shall be gold in color and all lettering, illustrations and inscriptions found on the seal shall be white in color.

F.

The above described backgrounds, colors, proportions and the overlaid city seal shall be on both sides of the material or cloth of the flag or banner.

(Code 1967, § 1-7; Code 1985, § 1-7)