§ 11A-90 GRAFFITI DECLARED A NUISANCE.

   (a)   The city council hereby finds that graffiti that is visible from a public place, public right-of-way or the property of others:

      (1)   Is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public;

      (2)   Tends to reduce the value of private property;

      (3)   Invites vandalism, additional graffiti and other criminal activities; and

      (4)   Produces urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the City of Fort Worth.

   (b)   The presence of graffiti on property where it is visible from a public place, public right-of-way or from another person’s property is therefore declared to be a nuisance.

(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)