City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2008-0408

• File #: 2008-0408
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 5/13/2008
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 5/27/2008
• Enactment date: 5/27/2008
• Enactment #: 8
• Effective date: 6/6/2008
• Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 620 Graffiti Abatement, by adopting restrictions on possession of graffiti implements, providing enforcement tools, and increasing penalties for violators.
• Sponsors: Bruce A. Kraus, Tonya D. Payne, Darlene M. Harris
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2008	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
5/27/2008	2	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
5/27/2008	2	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
5/21/2008	1	Committee on Public Safety Services	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
5/13/2008	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 620 Graffiti Abatement, by adopting restrictions on possession of graffiti implements, providing enforcement tools, and increasing penalties for violators.

Body
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. That the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 620 Graffiti Abatement, is hereby amended and supplement to adopting strict guidelines on possession of graffiti implements, providing enforcement tools, and increasing penalties for violators, as follows.


CHAPTER 620 GRAFFIT
620.01 Findings and Purpose
620.02 Definitions
620.03 Prohibited Acts
620.04 Penalties
620.05 Graffiti as Nuisance
620.06 Removal of Graffiti by Perpetrator, Private Property Owner, or City
620.07 Trust Fund and Reward Authority
620.08 Mural program
620.09 Severability
620.10 No Enforcement Areas


§ 620.01 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Graffiti is criminal vandalism defacing public and private property without the permission of the owner, costing citizens, businesses and the City hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to repair.
(b) Graffiti is a powerful visual symbol of disorder, eroding public safety, reducing the attractive physical qualities of neighborhoods, and contributing to the downward spiral of blight and decay, lessening property values, business vitality and neighborhood stability.
(c) Eliminating graffiti requires a comprehensive strategy that includes increased efforts to apprehend and hold responsible those individuals responsible for graffiti vandalism, the prompt removal of all graffiti as soon as reasonably possible, support for residents, businesses, and community groups and residents who help to remove graffiti from public and private property in their neighborhoods, and public education about ...