The city council of the City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is enacting this article
to help prevent the spread of graffiti vandalism and to establish a program for the
expeditious removal of graffiti from public and private property.
The council finds that mere existence of graffiti is a public nuisance, and its appearance
is immediately destructive of the rights and values of property owners, creates a
sense of disorder and unease among visitors and citizens, and in some cases, marks
the beginning of an effort to establish territorial boundaries for those who would
harm the entire community. While innocuous graffiti poses an aesthetic public nuisance,
gang-related graffiti presents a public safety concern that merits expeditious response
to preserve the public health, safety and welfare. Unless the property owner or the
city acts to remove graffiti from public and private property, the graffiti tends
to remain, and then proliferate. 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 citizens and tourists.
The city council intends, through the adoption of this article, to provide an immediate
and effective procedure for the expeditious removal of all graffiti, in order to preserve
public safety, health and welfare.
(Ord. No. 2014-75, 9-23-14)
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