§ 6.32.060. Graffiti prohibited.

(a)

It is unlawful for any person to paint, chalk or otherwise apply graffiti or inscribe material on publicly or privately owned structures located on publicly or privately owned real property within the city.

(b)

It is unlawful for the owner of any private property to permit graffiti or other inscribed material to remain so as to be capable of being viewed by a person utilizing any public right-of-way in the city, such as a road, parkway or alley, providing the city has given the property owner written notice to remove the graffiti within a period of seven calendar days, and the seven-day period has elapsed, unless the property owner agrees in writing to allow the city to remove the graffiti.

(Code 1969, § 6.32.060; Ord. No. 715, § 1(part), 1995)

State law reference

Vandalism, Penal Code § 594.