No person shall willfully or maliciously damage, deface or vandalize
the property of another by painting, scribbling or inscribing what is commonly
referred to as "graffiti" on a public street or otherwise or commit graffiti
thereon, whether the same embraces any obscenity, vulgarity or any other inscriptions
or markings.
If at the time of the offense charged any persons shall be under the
age of 18 years, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction of the trial of such infant or infants, and such infant or infants
shall be surrendered to the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, and the
case, including all papers and process thereto, shall be transferred to said
Court as provided in N.J.S.A. 2C:4-11.
In the event that the present complaint shall result in a second determination
of a violation of this chapter of any person under the age of 18 years, the
parents or guardian of such infant shall be liable in an action brought by
the injured property owner before the Municipal Court for a penalty of the
amount of the pecuniary damage sustained by the injured property owner.
Any person who violates this chapter shall also be responsible for cleaning,
repairing, painting or otherwise restoring the property which he has damaged,
defaced or vandalized so as to bring the property to the condition it was
in prior to its vandalizing.
[Added 4-3-1985 by Ord. No. 849-85]
Any person who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction
of a violator of this chapter shall receive a reward of $500 from the City
of Passaic, which award shall be paid upon conviction of the violator of this
chapter.