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Aldermen move to add graffiti abatement to nuisance code after Dollar General incident
Summary
After a graffiti incident behind a Dollar General, Alderman Ryan Skinner and City Attorney Nicholas Purifoy discussed drafting an amendment to add graffiti abatement authority to city nuisance code; staff aim for two readings at the next meeting.
Alderman Ryan Skinner raised a graffiti incident behind the Dollar General store and urged the city to add graffiti abatement authority to the nuisance code to make responsible parties accountable for cleanup.
Skinner described concerns about the proximity of commercial lots to residential fences and argued businesses that benefit from property configurations should share cleanup responsibility. City Attorney Nicholas Purifoy told the board that current city code section 225.030 (Nuisances) does not include authority to abate graffiti and that the code must be amended to provide abatement powers. Purifoy said legal language is 'in the works' and could be ready for two readings at the next meeting. Alderman Skinner repeated he would like graffiti explicitly added to the ordinance.
The minutes record that the homeowner has not accepted assistance and has asked Dollar General to address the cleanup; staff have been in communication with the business. The board did not take a formal vote but directed staff and legal to draft code language for consideration at the next meeting.
