The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove hereby
finds and declares that graffiti poses a serious problem for our residents
and merchants. The unabated proliferation of graffiti is a physical blight
upon the landscape of our village and costs taxpayers, merchants and homeowners
substantial moneys to remove and repair. The Board also finds that, when unchecked,
graffiti presents an image of a deteriorating community, a community that
no longer cares about itself.
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning
ascribed to them herein:
GRAFFITI
Defacement of public or private property resulting in a drawing,
figure, inscription, mark, message, slogan or symbol written, painted, drawn,
etched or otherwise indelibly made on a property.
PROPERTY
Includes but is not limited to buildings, fences, motor vehicles,
recreational vehicles, rocks, signs, structures, trees, utility boxes, utility
poles, waste receptacles, and all other articles of personal or real property
upon which one can write, draw, paint, etch or otherwise indelibly
mark.