9.24.140 Expenditure of public funds.
A. City Manager Authorization. The city manager is authorized to expend city funds to remove graffiti from publicly or privately owned real property within the city as is provided in this chapter.
B. Removal of Graffiti--Private Property--Consent. Such removal shall be performed by the city by its authorized employees or agents, only after the city manager:
1. Finds that the graffiti is located on a privately owned building, fence, landscaping or structure in the city; and
2. Secures the consent of the owner or other person entitled to possession of the building, fence, landscaping or structure upon which the graffiti has been placed; or
3. Obtains a warrant to enter upon the property to abate the graffiti; or
4. Utilizes the summary graffiti nuisance abatement procedure set forth in Section 9.24.130.
C. Exception. The consent of a property owner to graffiti removal shall be presumed where the facade of the building, fence or structure upon which the graffiti is unlawfully placed, directly abuts the lot line of the lot upon which the building, fence or structure is located, which lot line separates the lot from a public street, sidewalk, parkway, easement or alley. (Ord. 575 §1, 2008).