(A) It shall be unlawful for any person owning property, acting as manager or agent for the owner of property, or in possession or control of property to fail to remove or effectively obscure any graffiti upon such property. Any such person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not more than $100. In determining the fine to be imposed, the court may consider the efforts, if any, taken by the violator to remove or effectively obscure the graffiti during the preceding calendar year.
(B) The mandatory fine provided in this section shall not apply to a property owner, agent, manager or possessor of property if such property owner, agent, manager or possessor has been victimized two or more times by graffiti within any calendar year and, during such time, has removed or effectively obscured such graffiti from the property in a timely manner.
(Ord. 14-8, passed 10-9-2014)