Res94 12233 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

Attachment IIAII City of Redwood City Graffiti Free Zone POlicy Statement Definition: A Graffiti Free Zone is a place so designated by the City Council to be free of personal or group identifying marks (tags, initials, scratches, etc.) which devalue the aesthetic worth of the place, violate the aesthetic values of the community and are offensive to public sensibilities. The place is designated as a Graffiti Free Zone because it is a valuable community resource and a source of public pride. It is created and maintained for the public good and, as such, exists for the use and enjoyment of all Redwood City's citizens. Program: A Graffiti Free Zone will be maintained through the use of four program elements: 1) Prevention, which relies on education and public relations campaigns, 2) Eradication, which utilizes the efforts of City staff and volunteers, as well as those of the offender, 3) Community Support In the form of volunteer monitors, parental concern, school cooperation, business donations and media coverage, and 4) Penalties, which affirm that offenders will be arrested and may be required to pay restitution costs, perform community service tasks, lose certain privileges and to suffer other penalties as designated. Penalties: Any person making unauthorized inscription, words, firgures, or design that is marked etched, scratched, drawn, or painted on any structural component of any building, structure, or other facilities, equipment furniture, furnishings or materials, regardless of the nature of the material of that component may be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law as set forth In the Califomia Penal Code, Section 594 and 640.5. In addition, the violator must make full financial restitution to the City for the damage, defacement destruction or contamination. If the violator is a minor, the custodial parents, or if none, guardians are responsible to the City for the designated financial restitution, as cited above. 6-27-94 'r