Description
20 Camden St. at rear, facing Richmond Street West
also asked...
Q. What is the property type?
A. Commercial
A. Commercial
Q. Is this a Toronto Housing property?
A. No
A. No
Q. Is this a rental property?
A. Unknown
A. Unknown
Q. Have you contacted the property manager, superintendent, or owner?
A. Not applicable
A. Not applicable
Q. Where is the graffiti?
A. Graffiti on wall of building
A. Graffiti on wall of building
Q. If other, please briefly indicate where graffiti is:
A. No Answer Given
A. No Answer Given
Q. Additional non-personal information:
A. 20 Camden St. at rear, facing Richmond Street West
A. 20 Camden St. at rear, facing Richmond Street West
7 Comments
Acknowledged Toronto Open311 (Registered User)
Toronto Open311 (Registered User)
Toronto Open311 (Registered User)
Closed Toronto Open311 (Registered User)
Serious issues only (Registered User)
seekaybee (Registered User)
The annual cost of graffiti cleanup in Canada is pegged at about $1.2B; in the States it's about $12B.
And that's just cleanup costs. It doesn't include lost retail sales in areas with large amounts of graffiti, which people tend to avoid. Nor does it include the depression of property values in high-graffiti area, which is thought to be about 15%.
I'd say that beats potholes for seriousness.
seekaybee (Registered User)
You crawled out from under that rock again? Each of these pieces consist of nothing more than "a stylized signature or logo that is intended to identify an individual or group" and as such meets the by-law's definition of graffiti vandalism, which is why an order to remove them was served on the property owner: http://app.toronto.ca/InvestigationActivity/details.do?folderRsn=3445928
If the owner wants to contest the order to remove them, he or she is free to do so. But permission of the owner is no defence when the works are nothing more than "a stylized signature or logo that is intended to identify an individual or group".