The city attorney is authorized to request that the courts impose as restitution in any criminal or juvenile proceeding arising out of the application of graffiti to city property or the property of other public agencies within the city the obligation to reimburse the city for all costs incurred by the city in the removal of that graffiti. The city attorney is also authorized to institute and prosecute civil proceedings against any person (and, if the person is a minor, the parents of that minor under California Civil Code section 1714.1(b)) who applies graffiti in violation of this chapter to recover the city's cost of removing that graffiti.
(Ord. 4642 § 10 (part), 2000: Ord. 4233 § 1 (part), 1994)