Lincolnite

Not to be too big of a pessimist, but I would wager that the city is one of the biggest offenders of the 15-day rule now.  I love your idea of posting photos!

15 days is a bit short. If someone spray paints my garage and I’m, say, on vacation, I might not see it right away. Plus, trying to find the time to cover up graffiti isn’t somethigng I can always fit into any given week (or two) considering the schedule full time work and school requires.

I think a month would be more fair- especially for residential property owners.

I have not had any problems with graffitti yet, but there has been some very close to home.

Studies show that removing graffiti within 48 hours is the best way to deter re-tagging (on the same spot or nearby). So, 15 days is actually too long, but 48 hours is unenforceable. In this case, I think educating people about graffiti is the only feasible approach, so that they might remove it within 48 hours as a matter of course.

There may be a way to take at least some of the sting out of a property owner’s responsibility: the City could partner with businesses to sell “graffiti repair kits” at cost or just above cost. The kits would include the necessary supplies, along with instructions and information about graffiti.

As long as the City is pushing an unfunded mandate upon property owners, it may as well make the mandate as painless as possible.