A. Property Owner: Owners of property, structures, buildings or natural features upon which graffiti has been placed shall remove the graffiti within forty eight (48) hours after learning of the presence of the graffiti; provided, however that a property owner may contact the City Code Enforcement Director and request an extension of time for the removal if it is not possible to effect removal in the initial time period.
B. The Perpetrator: Any person applying graffiti shall be responsible for the removal or for the payment of the removal. The choice of removal or payment of the removal shall be made by the property owner, as approved by the City. Failure of any person to remove graffiti or pay for the removal, as directed by the City, shall constitute an additional violation of this chapter. Where graffiti is applied by a minor child, the parents or legal guardian of that minor shall also be responsible for such removal or for the payment for the removal.
C. State Criminal Code: Nothing in this section prohibits charging a perpetrator with State Criminal Code graffiti crimes. (Ord. 13-13, 8-27-2013; Ord. 19-10, 2-27-2019)