9.20.030 Anti-vandalism provisions.
A. Unlawful to Apply Graffiti. It shall be unlawful for any person to apply graffiti on any public or privately owned structures located on public or privately owned real property within the City.
B. Possession by Minors. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to have in his or her possession any graffiti implement while upon public property or upon private property without the consent of the owner of such private property, whose consent is given in advance and whose consent shall be given as to the person’s presence while in the possession of a graffiti implement.
1. School Exception for Felt Tip Markers. The foregoing provision shall not apply while the person is attending, or traveling to or from, a school at which the person is enrolled, if the person is participating in a class at said school which has, as a written requirement of said class, the need to use felt tip markers.
C. Possession in Designated Public Places. No person shall have in his or her possession any graffiti implement while doing any activity at or around a public building or in any public park, playground, swimming pool, recreational facility, or while loitering in or near an underpass, bridge abutment, storm drain, and other similar types of infrastructure not normally used by the public except as may be authorized by the City. (Ord. 2997 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2496 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2337 § 2, 1989; Ord. 1924 § 1, 1980).