Section 53069.3 of the Government Code authorizes the City to
provide for the removal of graffiti or other inscribed material from
public or privately owned permanent structures located on public or
privately owned real property located within the City. The City Council
finds that graffiti, on public and private properties, is a blighting
factor on the neighborhood, encourages other acts of malicious vandalism,
causes an increase in crime and depreciates the value of the adjacent
and surrounding properties.
The Council further finds and determines that graffiti is obnoxious,
is inconsistent with the City's property maintenance goals, aesthetic
standards and unless it is quickly removed from public and private
properties, other properties soon become the target of graffiti. Such
defacement of property is most often committed by persons under the
age of 18 years using aerosol or pressurized containers of paint,
indelible markers and pens and done in connection with gang activities.
(§ 1, Ord. 701, eff. November 26, 1993, as renumbered by § 2, Ord. 800, eff. August 8, 2008)
