Crime Prevention

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• Bans the possession of pressurized containers and wide tip markers (4 mm in width or approximately 1/8 inch), by persons less than 18 years of age.
• Makes graffiti vandalism a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to $5,000 in fines, or up to one-year imprisonment or both.
• Graffiti to be removed from public property within 18 days of notice.
• Graffiti to be removed from private property within 18 days of notice of property being determined a potential Graffiti Nuisance Property, requires a civil penalty of $250 per day if not abated within 10 days (court action may also be taken).
• An appeals process through City's Hearing Examiner.
• City may remove graffiti from premises (public or private) with permission of the party responsible for the property.
• City can bill the owner for the cost of removal.

• The Community Council of Tacoma has limited colors of FREE paint offered to low- income elderly or disabled residential property owners. Please call Fred Brookshire at 474-5334 to see if paint is available and to arrange receiving this paint if you qualify.
• Money for larger community wide graffiti removal projects may be available through the Innovative Grant Program. Call the City of Tacoma Neighborhood Council Office at 591-5229 for information on how the program works.