Graffiti on public and private property is a blighting factor which not only depreciates
the value of the property which has been the target of such malicious vandalism, but
also depreciates the value of the adjacent and surrounding properties, and in so doing,
negatively impacts the entire community. The city has in the past undertaken to remove
graffiti from public property, but has been unable to mount a successful program for
encouraging the owners of private property to undertake to remove graffiti from walls,
buildings, structures, and other surfaces. Section 53069.3 of the Government Code
authorizes the city under certain circumstances to provide for the removal of graffiti.
The city council finds and determines that graffiti is obnoxious and a public nuisance
and, unless promptly removed from public and private properties, tends to remain and
to attract more graffiti; other properties are then the target of graffiti, with the
result that entire neighborhoods and, indeed, the community is depreciated in value
and made a less desirable place. The city council therefore determines that it is
appropriate that the city develop procedures to implement the provisions of Section
53069.3 of the Government Code and provide for the removal of graffiti from both public
and private property under the circumstances set forth hereinafter. The city council
determines that it is appropriate to provide penalties relating to possession of graffiti
implements for the purpose of engaging in graffiti-making acts. Further, the city
council has already enacted an ordinance relating to the storage and display for sale
of aerosol paint containers and marker pens which will now be incorporated in this
new chapter.
(Ord. 6552 § 2 (part), 1993)
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