For the purpose of this article the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLIES GRAFFITI, APPLY GRAFFITI or APPLYING GRAFFITI. The act of drawing, painting, chiseling, scratching, or etching graffiti on public or private property within the city.
DIRECTOR. The director of the public works department or designee.
GRAFFITI. Without limitation, any letter, word, name, number, symbol, slogan, message, drawing, picture, writing, or other mark of any kind visible to the public that is drawn, painted, chiseled, scratched, or etched on a rock, tree, wall, bridge, fence, gate, building, or other structure. However, this definition does not include advertising or any other letter, word, name, number, symbol, slogan, message, drawing, picture, writing, or other mark of any kind lawfully placed on property by an owner of the property or by an authorized agent for such owner or occupant.
OCCUPANT. Any person shown by the records of the county clerk's office as a tenant of property or any person in actual physical possession of property.
OWNER. Any person shown by the records of the county clerk's office as the owner of a property.
REMOVAL, REMOVE, or REMOVED. When used in relation to the eradication of graffiti, the act of taking graffiti off or masking the presence of graffiti on a rock, tree, wall, bridge, fence, gate, building, or other structure.
(Ord. 3373, passed 6-21-22)