Responsibility for the Graffiti Removal Program is shared between the Community Services and Public Safety Department.
Staff evaluate the severity and urgency of the problem.
Based on this assessment either City maintenance staff or a contractor will be dispatched to the site and eradicate the graffiti. Community Services reports to Public Safety the incident if appropriate. Cases that might be referred for enforcement would be if the caller requests police be notified or, if the damage to property is severe or if recovery of evidence seems likely. Community Services staff attempts to contact owners of defaced private property to inform them of their responsibility to remove graffiti immediately. The owners are offered the option of providing their own eradication or approving the City's services to do so.