Graffiti not only damages property but creates a visual blight. When graffiti is allowed to remain on property and is not promptly removed, it invites additional graffiti and criminal activity. No person may cause graffiti to exist on private property or the public right-of-way directly abutting the property. Graffiti which has been applied to property and is visible from any public right-of-way, from any other public or private property or from any premises open to the public must be removed or covered by the person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of the property within 14 days of the graffiti’s initial existence at the site. Failure to remove or cover the graffiti within the specified time period is a violation of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 130.40) (Ord. 1253, passed 12-6-2010) Penalty, see § 130.99