§ 13.12.100. Removal of graffiti by perpetrator.  


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  • Any person applying graffiti on county-owned property or within the unincorporated area of the county shall have the duty to remove same within 24 hours after notice by the county or private owner of the property involved. Such removal shall be done in a manner prescribed by the sheriff, the director, department of public works or his or her designee or any additional county department head, as authorized by the board of supervisors, and may be deemed by the county to satisfy any payment or penalty that might otherwise be imposed. Any person applying graffiti shall be responsible for such removal or for the payment therefor. Failure of any person to so remove graffiti or pay for its removal shall constitute an additional violation of this chapter. Where graffiti is applied by an unemancipated minor, the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) shall also be responsible for such removal or for the payment therefor. The sheriff, the director, department of public works or his or her designee or any additional county department head, as authorized by the board of supervisors may convert such payment into equivalent forms of community service hours. Such payments or equivalent forms of community service hours shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed.

(Ord. 93-0072 § 1 (part), 1993.)