HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-12-10 - AGENDA REPORTS - GRAFFITI ABATE ORD 91 51 (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
John Medina��
NEW BUSINESS
DATE: December 10, 1991
SUBJECT: Graffiti Abatement: Ordinance No. 91-51
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
The City Council, in its meeting of August 27, 1991, directed staff to enter into an agreement with the
Los Angeles County Probation Department for the abatement of graffiti within Santa Clarita. Under
this agreement, the City contracts, for approximately fifty (50) days each year to have ten to fourteen
juveniles (under supervision) remove graffiti on the weekends.
Currently, the City's administration of the graffiti program consists of two phases, the first phase being
the implementation of the above mentioned agreement. The second phase of this program involves the
City's involvement in the coordination of graffiti abatement efforts.
The second phase of the City's program calls for abatement efforts to be coordinated through the
position of an Administrative Analyst working within the Public Works Department. This position,
approved by Council on September 24, 1991, will assist the Pride Committee in the coordination of the
graffiti removal program.
Staff is presently preparing to conduct interviews for the position of Administrative Analyst. In the
interim, other Public Works personnel are preforming some of the .functions for which the
Administrative Analyst will be responsible.
In order to implement a City graffitiabatement program of this nature, staff has prepared Ordinance
No. 91-51, designed to effectuate Santa Clarita's authority to remove graffiti within the City. This
ordinance allows for the City to remove graffiti or other inscribed material from public or privately
owned permanent structures located on public or privately owned real property within the City.
Agenda Item:
Further, this ordinance provides for the removal of graffiti by the City, in the event that the owner of a
structure or public entity refuses to consent to the removal of such graffiti. In this case the City may
declare the existence of graffiti on the structure a public nuisance and charge all costs associated with
the abatement proceedings to the owner or public entity.
RECOMMENDATION
That City Council waive first reading of Ordinance 91-51 and pass to second reading.
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ORDINANCE 91-51
SUMMARY
DEFINITIONS: "Graffiti or other inscribed material" means any unauthorized inscription, . word,
figure or design as marked, scratched or painted on any structural component of any building, structure
or facility.
EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. The City is authorized to expend City funds to remove
graffiti from public or privately owned permanent structures on public or private property within the
City.
No such removal shall be preformed until a finding has been made by the City that the graffiti is
obnoxious and consent has been obtained from the owner.
ABATEMENT: If the City makes a finding that the graffiti is obnoxious and the owner refuse to
consent to the removal of the graffiti by the City, the City may declare the graffiti to be a public
nuisance and precede to notice and abate the graffiti and charge all costs associated with the abatement
proceedings to the property owner
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ORDINANCE NO. 91-51
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF=SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE AT TITLE it
TO ADD CHAPTER 11.68 RELATING TO GRAFFITI
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, DOES
ORDAIN, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Santa Clarita Municipal Code is hereby
amended at Title 11, Public Peace and Welfare, to add
Chapter 11.68, relating to graffiti, to read as follows:
Sections•
11.68.010
11.68.020
11.68.030
11.68.040
Chapter 11.68
GRAFFITI
Definitions
Expenditure of
Abatement
Severability
Public Funds
11.68.010 Definitions. The following words
or phrases as used in this Chapter shall have the following
meanings:
A. "Graffiti or other inscribed material" means
any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, or design as
marked, etched, scratched, drawn, or painted on any
structural component of any building, structure, or other
facility, regardless of the nature of the material of that
structural component.
11.68.020 Expenditure of Public Funds. The
City is authorized to expend City funds to remove graffit or
other inscribed material from public or privately owned
permanent structures located on public or privately owned
real property within the City. Such expenditures shall be
made only for the removal of graffiti or other inscribed
material and not the painting or repair of a more extensive
area.
No such removal shall be performed
has been made by the City that the graffiti
inscribed material is obnoxious and consent
until a finding
or other
has been
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obtained from the owner of the structure or the public
entity having jurisdiction over the structure.
11.68.030 Abatement. If the City makes a
finding that the graffiti or other inscribed material is
obnoxious pursuant to Section 11.68.020 and the owner of the
structure or the public entity having jurisdiction over the
structure refuses to consent to the removal of the graffiti
by the City, the City may declare the existence of the
graffiti on the structure a public nuisance and proceed to
notice and abate said nuisance in accordance with Government
Code Section 38770 et sea. and charge all costs in
connection with the nuisance abatement proceedings to the
owner or public entity.
11.66.040 severability. If any provision,
section or clause of this Chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions,
sections, clauses or applications of this Chapter.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of
1991.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA 1
I, , City Clerk of the
Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. was regularly introduced and
upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
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placed
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Council on the day of , 1991. That
thereafter, said Ordinancewasduly adopted and passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the day of
, 1991, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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