Mayor Peter Kelly and Council are committed to providing a clean, vibrant, safe and welcoming community for all residents, workers and visitors.
HRM's New Graffiti Removal Kits Are Here!
If you have graffiti on your property, call 490-4000 to receive a free Graffiti Removal Kit from HRM!
As a part of this committment, HRM has created its first Graffiti Management Plan.
Graffiti's Impact on Community
Graffiti, if left unchecked,
- Diverts tax dollars from the delivery of other HRM services
- Destroys property and reduces property values
- Undermines residents and visitors sense of security and safety
- Promotes an undesirable image of our city to visitors
- Looks as if "nobody cares" about the area
The Goal of the Plan
To reduce the prevalence of graffiti in HRM through a coherent set of initiatives while simultaneously strengthening our community capacity, and increasing civic responsibility...
- To remove graffiti as quickly as possible as a deterrent;
- To encourage preventative techniques as a deterrent to graffiti;
- To involve the business community, community organizations, individual residents, youth and graffiti bombers as partners in reducing graffiti;
- To ensure a good understanding of the factors that motivate individuals to commit illegal activities and anti-social behaviours;
- To ensure legal instruments necessary for discouraging and responding to graffiti are in place
- To adopt best practice initiatives deployed in comparable government settings
Our Approach to Graffiti Management
A community approach has been put into place, recognizing that graffiti occurs on a range of public and private property and affects the whole community; managing graffiti is most effective when all stakeholders participate and a multi-faceted approach is applied.
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