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Highland Park council reviews draft graffiti ordinance, focuses debate on enforcement and removal windows
Summary
At a June 2 workshop the Highland Park City Council reviewed a draft ordinance modeled on Hamtramck law that would create a standalone graffiti offense, increase penalties and require property owners to remove tags. Councilmembers focused discussion on enforcement tools, the removal timeline and exemptions for murals.
Highland Park councilmembers discussed a draft graffiti ordinance at a June 2 workshop, examining options to add a specific graffiti offense to the city code and to increase enforcement tools and penalties.
Council President Thomas opened the session by framing the workshop as the start of a broader ordinance-review effort: "I am hopeful that today will be the first of a number of meetings on the modification of ordinances," he said, urging the body to use the next 18 months to pursue changes. Director Clyburn introduced the graffiti draft and said it was intended to give the city "some teeth" to address tagging of vacant buildings.
The draft materials the city circulated were pulled from the Hamtramck code as models. Attorney Bosnick summarized key language and penalties drawn from Hamtramck, saying, "And that is prosecuted as a…
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