Whenever the Chief of Police or designee is apprized of the presence of graffiti located on privately owned real property within the city, the Chief of Police or designee may cause a written notice to be served upon the owner/responsible party of the affected premises as such owner's name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll by depositing a copy of the notice in the U.S. Postal Service enclosed in a sealed envelope and with the postage thereon fully pre-paid. The mail shall be registered or certified and addressed to said owner at the last known address of said owner, and if there is no known address, then in care of the property address. The service is complete at the time of such deposit. As an alternative to mailing the notice a copy of the notice may be personally served on the owner/responsible party.
OWNER as used herein means any person in possession and also any person having or claiming to have any legal or equitable interest in said premises as described by a preliminary title search from any accredited title company. The failure of any person to receive such notice shall not affect the validity of any proceeding hereunder. The property owner shall have seven days after the date of the notice to remove the graffiti or be subject to city removal of the graffiti and assessment of the costs of such removal as a lien on the subject property.
(Ord. 639-C.S., passed 2-6-01)