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<br />Cllapter 46 <br /> <br />NUISANCES <br /> <br />-L~RTICLE III. GRA.FFITI <br /> <br />Sec. 46-80. Findings and Purpose. <br /> <br />(a) TIle City Council of tlle city is enacting this article to help prevent the spread of <br />graffiti .vandalism and to establish a program for the remo\Tal of graffiti from public <br />and private property. <br /> <br />(b) Tile Council finds tllat graffiti is a public nuisance and destructive of the rights and <br />'values of property o\vners as \veil as tlle entire community. Graffiti perpetrators are <br />often associated \vidl otller criminal activities, including vlolent crimes. Unless the <br />city acts to remo-v-e graffiti from public and private property, the graffiti tends to <br />remain. Odler properties tllen become the target of graffiti and entire <br />neighborhoods are affected and become less desirable places in \vbich to be, all to <br />the detriment of dle city. <br /> <br />(c) The City Council intends, tlUOUgll tlle adoption of this article, to provide additional <br />enforcement tools to protect public and pri\Tate property from acts of graffiti <br />'vandalism and defacement of public and pri,rate property. TIle Council does not <br />intend for this article to conflict \vith any existing anti-graffiti state la\vs or "criminal <br />dalnage to property" la\vs. <br /> <br />Sec. 46-81. Definitions. <br /> <br />For the purposes of tlllS article, tile follo\ving \vords ,vill ha-v-e the meaning provided to <br />tllem, except \Vllere the context clearly indicates a different meaning. <br /> <br />..r1EROSOL PAINT CONTAINER Any aerosol container that is adapted or made <br />for tlle purpose of applying spray paint or otller substances capable of defacing <br />property. <br /> <br />BROAD- TIPPED 2VL4RKER i\ny felt tip indelible marker or similar implement <br />\vitil a flat or angled \vriting surface that, at its broadest \vidtil, is greater than one- <br />fourth of an inch, containing ink or other pigmented liquid that is not \vater soluble. <br /> <br />ETCHING EQUIP.A1El\TT. Any tool, device, or substance that can be used to make <br />permanent marks on any natural or man-made surface. <br /> <br />GR4FFITI. .L~ny inscription, \vord, figure, painting, symbol, or other defacement <br />that is \vritten, marked, etched, scratclled, sprayed, dra\vn, painted, or engra'ved on, <br />or othel,vise affi'Ced to, any surface of public or pri,rate property by any graffiti <br />implement. <br />