Graffiti Waiver Sign-Up

The Graffiti Waiver Program

The goal of keeping our community safe, clean, and preventing crime is a community-wide effort that requires cooperation and partnership between businesses, residents, and City staff.

  • A Graffiti Eradication Release allows our Graffiti Team to remove graffiti from private property within the City at no cost to the property owner. (more info below under the about waivers)

Process to Opt In

Via Business License Applications and Renewals

  • Applying or renewing online: Click the Yes option(s) to opt in after reading the below information
  • Applying or renewing by mail: Check the box(es) on the form to opt in after reading the below information, and mail it in

Via Online Forms

The PDF sign up form is available in English and Spanish.

About These Waivers

Graffiti Eradication Waiver Background

The goal of keeping our community safe, clean, and preventing crime is a community-wide effort that requires cooperation and partnership between businesses, residents, and City staff. Graffiti is an act of vandalism that costs property owners and cities hundreds of thousands of dollars to remediate every year. It also negatively affects economic development, property values, and the perception that residents and visitors have about the community.
 
The City has an aggressive and effective graffiti eradication program, but with increased support from the community and business owners, the program can be even more successful. This short video describes how staff are utilizing smart technology to efficiently fight against graffiti.
 
What Can I Do to Help?
  • Complete a Graffiti Eradication Waiver available here: English / Spanish OR
  • Opt in through your business license application or business license renewal.
  • Renew this Waiver annually.
  • Download the City's "Report It!" app onto your smartphone to quickly and easily communicate issues to City staff that need to be addressed including graffiti, abandoned shopping carts, potholes, and more
How Does This Work?
  • Completion of the Graffiti Eradication Waiver represents a formal request by the business owner, property owner, or legal custodian to allow the City of Escondido's Public Works Department to enter the premises to eradicate graffiti within the public view that has been reported through the City’s "Report It!" app
  • The City of Escondido will remove graffiti on private property at no cost to the property owner when the graffiti is visible to the public and no higher than ten feet off the ground.