A. The City Council finds that the existence of graffiti on both public and private property is often associated with criminal activity and juvenile delinquency, encourages other acts of malicious vandalism and depreciates the value of the adjacent and surrounding properties. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to promote the public health, safety, and welfare of City residents and to protect property within the City by providing a program for removal of graffiti from public and private walls, structures and property, and to establish regulations designed to prevent and control the further spread of graffiti in the City.

B. The City Council establishes the procedures set forth in this chapter for addressing graffiti abatement pursuant to Government Code Sections 38771 through 38775, inclusive, Sections 53069.3, 53069.4, and 54988; Penal Code Sections 594 through 594.8, inclusive, and Sections 640.5 and 640.6; and Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 742 through 742.22, inclusive, as these sections may be amended from time to time, and all other statutes and laws referenced herein. (Ord. 1030 § 2(7), 2018; Ord. 983 § 2, 2012)