HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-01-14 - ORDINANCES - GRAFFITI (2)ORDINANCE NO. 9151
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 seg. 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of January
1992.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CI CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
P"^ I, Donna M. Grindey City Clerk of the City of
Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 91-51 was regularly introduced and placed
upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City
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Council on the 14th day of January , 1992. That
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of
January ,1992 , by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Boyer, Darcy, Heidt, Klajic
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: McKeon
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK