![]() Once reported we can send an officer out to inspect the graffiti and depending on the content and location, can arrange its removal. To see if you are eligible please contact us. So if the graffiti is not too large and is accessible from the road or a car park, Tower Hamlets council may arrange for its removal free of charge, subject to a disclaimer being signed by the owner of the property. Tower Hamlets council recognises that individual owners/occupiers of private dwellings do not have access to a graffiti removal facility. So in the first instance, contact your housing office or premises to organise graffiti removal. Many have their own graffiti removal teams in place. Removal of graffiti on private property is the responsibility of the owner(s). On managed private property or private roads If the graffiti is on a Tower Hamlets Homes managed housing estate contact your local housing office. through the customer contact centre on 020 7364 5000.You may report graffiti on public buildings, highways and street furniture: ![]() How do I report graffiti? On public buildings or highways and street furniture If a vandal is convicted in the Crown Court, this anti-social behaviour will attract a sentence of up to 14 years imprisonment or a fine or both. However, perpetrators of racist graffiti are prosecuted by the police and will receive sentences of a fine of up to £5000 or six months imprisonment or both if convicted in the Magistrates Court. Graffiti vandals can expect to receive a fixed penalty notice for £80 for minor offences. The council may remove graffiti from private property but requires a signed disclaimer before it can do so. Governments cannot organize the removal of graffiti until they are aware of the graffiti that exists. If graffiti is obscene or racist, it will be removed from council property or estates within 24 hours. These need to be dealt with quickly and where possible the perpetrators prosecuted by the police. Unfortunately, graffiti vandalism sometimes contains offensive and racist messages. Graffiti vandals can be and will be prosecuted wherever possible. Sales of aerosol paints to under 16s are illegal. Clark Countys Graffiti Abatement Program assists with the removal of graffiti vandalism from private residential properties. Graffiti vandalism is done by marker pen, aerosol paint, mechanical or acid etching. Graffiti vandals commit criminal damage on all sorts of surfaces and at many locations. Graffiti is a blight on our community and can lead to the “run down” feel to an area and to an increased fear of crime. It may even be used to disguise directions to the locations of drug sellers. Graffiti can reduce property values and depress economic development. The current cost of removal to Tower Hamlets is upwards of £400,000 per year. Graffiti across London cost £100 million to remove in 2002. The City of Rochester will remove graffiti on private property, with written permission of the property owner, one time per year without a fee.Graffiti is vandalism – pure and simple and its real impacts on a community are considerable. In these instances, we will provide free graffiti removal kits and paint vouchers to assist you with self. Mailboxes: US Postal Service (585) 272-5620 We cant remove graffiti from second storey surfaces.City Schools: Rochester City School District (585) 336-4120.Traffic signs and traffic control boxes: Monroe County (585) 753-7760.Outside city limits please call (585) 428-5990.įor graffiti removal on structures that are not City-owned: Graffiti removal is provided year round, but is most effective in certain weather conditions. *The City of Rochester can only remove graffiti from the first floor of buildings. Get rid of the visible remnants of graffiti GRAFFI GHOST REMOVER can be used. It is a gelled graffiti remover that will cling to the surface while it works to remove graffiti. After that, the Defacer Eraser will attempt to clean the graffiti within two weeks. Get graffiti off masonry NMP-free viscous graffiti remover/paint stripper for use on masonry surfaces. If a request is made for removal on private property, the City must obtain written permission from the property owners to do the work. The City also removes graffiti from structures on private property like buildings* after property owners have been given an opportunity to clean the graffiti themselves. See below for where to call for removal from non-City structures like traffic signs and mailboxes. The "Defacer Eraser" program removes graffiti from City-owned structures in the right-of-way like litter receptacles, benches, and trees.
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