Agenda Item Wording:
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Graffiti Ordinance Update - A Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 2024-10, a request by the City of Visalia to amend Visalia Municipal Code Section 9.16 "Graffiti".
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Deadline for Action: 10/7/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager, tracy.robertshaw@vislia.city, (559) 713-4187
Paul Bernal, Planning and Neighborhood Preservation Director, (559) 713-4025, paul.bernal@visalia.city
Department Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Visalia City Council hold a public hearing, receive a presentation and staff report, and introduce the first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-10 amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 9.16.
Summary:
On May 20, 2024, a work session item was held with the City Council to conduct a review of the ordinance requirements related to Graffiti Abatement. During the presentation, and as noted in the staff report, several areas of the Graffiti ordinance were identified that required correction. The sections discussed that staff identified as needing revisions are as follows:
1. Section 9.16.070 Removal
2. Section 9.16.070 (C) (2) (3) (4) and (5) Undue Hardship
3. Section 9.16.080 Appeal of Cost Removal
4. Section 9.16.090 Responsibility
5. Section 9.16.120 Reward
In addition to discussing the updates to the ordinance sections above, staff also discussed with the Council an opportunity to conduct additional research on the potential to establish a pilot paint program that would be accessible to property owners and residents of Visalia that have had their property vandalized due to graffiti. The concept of the program would be to seek opportunities to purchase, hold, and distribute a small quantity of a variety of neutral paint colors, free of charge, to those property owners seeking to paint over the graffiti themselves rather than going through the "Alternative to Abatement" process. An update on this effor...
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