Bill would allow city crews to clean graffiti on private property

Advertiser Staff

City Councilmember Ann Kobayashi intends to introduce a bill that will allow the city to wipe out graffiti on private property when the paint is visible to the public.
Bill 6 (2007) will work under the premise that graffiti is a public nuisance and therefore the city will be able to remove it.

Present laws don't allow city crews to go on private property without the owner's permission.

"My office receives many calls notifying us of graffiti locations, however, because it is on private property it is difficult for the City to go there and clean it up," Kobayashi said in a news release. "This law is similar to laws passed in other municipalities and would give the private owner the option of cleaning it up themselves or they would allow the City to go on their property to clean it up."