A. The City Manager or their designee shall develop a graffiti removal program to assist property owners in the expeditious removal of graffiti from their property. Where a structure is owned by a public entity other than the City, the removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material may be authorized only if the public entity having jurisdiction over the structure consents to the graffiti removal and executes a release and waiver, approved as to form by the City Attorney, and agrees to an assumption of costs incurred by the City for the removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material. Where a structure is privately owned, the removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material pursuant to this section may be authorized only after securing the consent of the owner and obtaining an executed release and waiver from the property owner approved as to form by the City Attorney.

B. The City Manager is hereby authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 53069.3 to use City funds to remove graffiti through the graffiti removal program. In removing the graffiti or other inscribed material pursuant to the graffiti removal program, the use of City funds to paint or repair is limited to the area inscribed with the graffiti.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the City shall be authorized to recover its costs of graffiti removal from private property pursuant to Larkspur Municipal Code Section 9.20.090.

D. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the City Manager or their designee from waiving the provisions of this section if it can be determined that the affected property owner has demonstrated a conscientious effort to prevent graffiti from occurring on their property. (Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(7), 2018; Ord. 983 § 2, 2012)