§ 16.20.220. Section 302.9 replaced—Defacement of property.

Section 302.9 of the International Property Maintenance Code is replaced with the following:

302.9 Defacement of property. No person shall willfully or wantonly damage, mutilate or deface any exterior surface of any structure or building on any private or public property by placing thereon any marking, carving or graffiti.

It shall be the responsibility of the owner to promptly report defacement of private property exterior surface and to cooperate with the code official to ensure that said surface is restored to an approved state of maintenance and repair.

Upon determining that the measures outlined in the preceding paragraph of this section will not restore the surface to an approved state of maintenance, the code official is authorized, pursuant to section 107 of this code, to issue a correction order to the owner. Upon failure of the owner to satisfy the correction order through any available public agency or by contract or arrangement by private persons the city or its agents may enter upon the property to eradicate the marking, carving, or graffiti through approved methods, and may pursue assessment and collection of the cost thereof according to sections 106.3 and 106.4.

(Ord. No. O-2019-02 , § 6, 1-8-2019)