[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 12-21
of the Revised General Ordinances]
Within five days after written notice by the City Housing Inspectors,
the owner, operator or agent of any commercial or residential buildings within
the City which have any form of graffiti on any building or accessory structure
shall be required to restore the defaced surface by removing the graffiti
or repainting the defaced surface using the same color paint as existed previously
on the defaced surface or provide the Division of Housing Inspections with
documented arrangement to do same.
If such graffiti condition is not cured or corrected within five days after written notice by the Housing Inspectors of the City Department of Inspections, the City shall have the right to issue a summons and to enter the premises to remove the graffiti and/or repaint the premises as set forth above, and the cost of the removal of the graffiti and/or repainting shall be at the sole cost and expense of the owner, operator or agent of such building or structure or accessory building or structure. The actual cost of the removal of the graffiti and/or repainting, plus the cost of the inspection of the graffiti and/or repainting, and other costs incidental to such removal shall be certified by the Housing Inspectors to the City Council and thereafter, as certified, become a lien upon the real property upon which the graffiti was found and shall be collectible pursuant to the procedures prescribed in Chapter 132, Housing Standards, § 132-121.
