§ 6-1001. Declaration of Purpose.  


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  • 1. 
    The Council finds that graffiti is a public nuisance and destructive of the rights and values of property owners as well as the entire community. Unless the Borough acts to remove graffiti from public and private property, the graffiti tends to remain. Other properties then become the target of graffiti, and entire neighborhoods are affected and become less desirable places in which to be, all to the detriment of the Borough.
    2. 
    The Borough Council intends, through the adoption of this Part, to provide additional enforcement tools to protect public and private property from acts of graffiti, vandalism and defacement. The Council does not intend for this Part to conflict with any existing antigraffiti and criminal state laws, and to the extent such conflict may exist, state law shall supersede this Part.
Ord. 2231, 4/8/2014, § 1