LEGISLATIVE ACTION ITEM
SPONSOR: City Council Member Sherri Myers
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-037 - ENCOURAGING THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY.
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That City Council adopt Resolution No. 2022-037:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PENSACOLA ENCOURAGING THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING CLAUSE; AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
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HEARING REQUIRED: No Hearing Required
SUMMARY:
The International Property Maintenance Code, Section 302.9 reads as follows:
A person shall not 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 restore said surface to an approved state of maintenance and repair.
City Code Section 14-2-223(n) states:
Section 302.9. Defacement of property. Revise to read as follows: 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 of the property to restore said surface to an approved state of maintenance and repair within seven days of notification.
Exception: The 17th Street CSX Railroad Trestle shall be exempted from the provisions of this section.
Graffiti tends to be crime, gang, drug related or have racist tones, which lowers property values and at times is inappropriate. While the City has the ability to control, or at least have graffiti removed, the County has no such regulation which can be problematic in those areas where the city is bifurcated by unincorporated county.
This resolution seeks to ask the BOCC to consider implementing an ordinance similar to the International Property Maintenance Code and City Code in fulfilling the four principles for addressing graffiti: read it, record it, report it, remove it.
PRIOR ACTION:
January 31, 2008 - City Council amended City Code Section 14-2-223(n) via Ordinance 08-08.
FUNDING:
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None
STAFF CONTACT:
Don Kraher, Council Executive
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Resolution No. 2022-037
PRESENTATION: No