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THE KEY TO GRAFFITI REMEDIATION IS PERMANENT PROTECTION WITH IMMEDIATE REMOVAL
Model " Graffiti By-law "
A By-law to prevent unsightliness of
property by prohibiting the placement of
graffiti and requiring that property be
kept free of graffiti
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, in open meeting
assembled, enacts as follows:
1. This by-law
may be cited as the "Graffiti By-law".
2.
In this by-law "graffiti" means one or more letters, symbols
or marks, howsoever made, on any structure or thing but does not include
marks made accidentally or any of the following:
a) a sign, public notice
or traffic control mark authorized by the City Engineer;
b) a sign authorized
pursuant to the Sign By-law,
c) a public notice authorized by a City
by-law or by Provincial or Federal legislation;
d) in the case of private
property, a letter, symbol or mark authorized by the owner or tenant of
the property on which the letter, symbol or mark appears.
3.
No person shall place graffiti, or cause graffiti to be placed, on any wall,
fence or other structure or thing in any street or other public place.
4. No person shall place graffiti, or cause graffiti
to be placed, on any wall, fence, building or other structure located on
real property and adjacent to a street or other public place.
5.
No owner or occupant of real property shall permit graffiti to be placed
on any wall, fence, building or structure that is located on such real property
and adjacent to a street or other public place.
6. Every owner and every occupant of real property shall at all times maintain free of graffiti any wall, fence, building or structure that is located on such real property end adjacent to a street or public place.
7.
Where real property is not maintained in accordance with section 6 and the
property is not occupied by its owner, the City may enter the property and
remove the graffiti provided that it first gives at least 60 days notice
to An owner by way of registered mail to the last known address of the owner
or by posting a notice on the property.
8. Where
the City enters property to effect maintenance pursuant to section 7, the
costs thereof may be recovered either as a debt due the City in any Court
of competent jurisdiction or by inserting the costs in the real-property
tax roll as a charge imposed with respect to the property.
9.
Every person who offends against any of the provisions of this by-law, or
who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention or in
violation of any of the provisions of this by-law, or who neglects to do
or refrains from doing anything required to be done by any of the provisions
of this by-law, or who does any act or thing which violates any of the provisions
of this by-law, shall be deemed to be guilty of an infraction of this by-law,
and shall be liable to penalties hereby imposed.
10. Every person who commits an offence against a provision of this by-law is liable to a fine and penalty of not less than $100.00 and not more than $2,000.00 for each offence.
11. This by-law comes into
force and takes effect on the date of its passing.
DONE
AND PASSED in open Council this 4th day of October, 1994.
"(signed)
Philip W. Owen"
Mayor
"(Signed) Maria C. Kinsalla"
City Clerk
