[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dickinson 5-8-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006 (Ch. 67 of the 1983 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 425.
The Town Board of the Town of Dickinson hereby finds and declares that graffiti poses a serious problem for its residents and merchants. The unabated proliferation of graffiti is a physical blight upon the landscape of our Town and costs taxpayers, merchants and homeowners substantial monies to remove and repair. The defacing of such property and the use of foul language in many of the writings is harmful to the general public and violates the good and welfare of the citizens and residents of the Town.
No person shall write, paint or draw any inscription, figure or mark of any type on any building or structure or any other real or personal property located in the Town of Dickinson without the express written permission of the owner of the property or his agent.
Any person who violates § 313-2 of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Additionally, that person shall be liable for the cost of removing said graffiti from the property so defaced or alternatively may be ordered to perform appropriate community services, in the court's discretion.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
Removal. The owner of record or his agent of any premises located within the Town which has any form of graffiti on any building or structure shall be required to restore the defaced surface either by removing the graffiti or by repainting the defaced surface within 15 days after written notice has been given by the Town to said owner or his agent to remove the graffiti. Where the surface was previously painted, the same color paint shall be used on the defaced surface.
B. 
Remedy by Town. If the graffiti condition is not cured or corrected within one week after written notice by the Town, then the Town shall have the right to enter the premises to remove the graffiti and/or repaint the defaced surface as set forth above.
C. 
Cost. In the event that the Town removes the graffiti as set forth above, the cost of the removal and/or repainting shall be borne by the owner of record of said building or structure. The cost of such service, together with any other costs incidental to such removal, shall be billed to said owner. Upon that property owner's failure to pay said charge within 30 days of presentment, said charge shall thereupon become a lien upon the property upon which the graffiti was found to be and shall be added to and become a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied on such real property, and the same shall be collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes.
The Town Board of the Town of Dickinson or its enforcement officer is hereby authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to undertake and prosecute any proceedings necessary or appropriate to enforce compliance with this chapter.