(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, a person commits an offense if the person is the owner of property and, after receiving notice from the city in accordance with § 11A-93, knowingly fails to remove, or knowingly fails to cause the removal of graffiti from the property, when the graffiti is visible from:
(1) A public place;
(2) Public right-of-way; or
(3) Another person’s property.
(b) In accordance with state law, a person is excepted from subsection (a) above and from any requirement to remove graffiti from the owner’s property if and only if:
(1) The graffiti is located on transportation infrastructure; and
(2) The removal of the graffiti would create a hazard for the person performing the removal.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997; Ord. 18771-08-2009, § 1, passed 8-25-2009)