AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin City Council on Thursday could consider an agenda item aimed at reducing graffiti across the city.
If passed, the ordinance would expand the definition to include any unauthorized mark on private or public property, as well as transportation infrastructure. It also allows a private property owner to receive assistance from the city in removing the graffiti.
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“We’re just trying not to put an additional financial burden on people, but we are trying to have areas that have been graffiti-ed cleaned up for the public,” said District 5 Council Member Ryan Alter.
“What these rules are going to do is make sure that right now we can go and say, ‘Hey, you have this graffiti. You need to clean it up, but if you don’t do that, within two weeks, we will help pay for it’,” he continued…