For the purpose of this section 8.04.150 the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
ADVERTISING: Any letter, word, name, number, symbol, slogan, message, drawing, picture, writing, or other mark of any kind lawfully placed on property by an owner or occupant of the property, or an agent of such owner or occupant, for the purpose of promoting products or services or conveying information to the public.
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.
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; provided, however, that this definition shall 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, an occupant of the property, or by an authorized agent for such owner or occupant.
MAYOR: The mayor or the building inspector or their designee.
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 fee simple interest in property.
REMOVAL, REMOVE, OR REMOVED: When used in relation to the eradication of graffiti, means the act of taking graffiti off of, or masking the presence of graffiti on, a rock, tree, wall, bridge, fence, gate, building or other structure. (Ord. 1041 §1, 2007)