HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-01-14 - AGENDA REPORTS - ORD 91 51 GRAFFITI ABATEMENT (2)BUSINESS
DA'L'E: January 14, 1992
SUBJECT: Ordinance
DEPARTMENT: Public Wo
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approv
Item to be presented by:
1-51: Graffiti Abatement
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At the City Council meeting of December 10, 1991, Ordinance No. 91-51 was introduced. This
ordinance authorizes the City to enter private property for the purposes of removal of graffiti with the
prior consent of the property owner.
Further, this ordinance provides that in the event that the owner of a structure or public entity refuses
to consent to the removal of such graffiti, 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.
That City Council waive second reading, and adopt Ordinance 91-51.
Ordinance No. 91-51
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ORDINANCE 91-51
SUNUVIARY
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
ORDINANCE NO. 91-51
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE AT TITLE 11
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 Public Funds
Abatement
Severability
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 until a finding
has-been made by the City that the graffiti or other
inscribed material is obnoxious and consent has been
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 sem. and charge all costs in
connection with the nuisance abatement proceedings to the
owner or public entity.
11.68.040 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.
ATTEST:
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, , City Clerk of the City of
Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. was.regularly introduced and placed
upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City
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Council on the day of , 1991. That
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the day of
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
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