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.