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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-lAW NO. 6711/06 Being a by-law to prohibit graffiti WHEREAS Section 128 of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides that a local municipality may prohibit and regulate with respect to public nuisances, including matters that, in the opinion of Council are or could become or cause public nuisances; AND WHEREAS the opinion of Council of the City of Pickering is that graffiti is a public nuisance. NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCil OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING ENACTS AS FOllOWS: Definitions 1. In this by-law, (a) "art mural" means a mural that has been made for the purpose of beautifying specific property; (b) "City" means the Corporation of the City of Pickering; (c) "Council" means the Council of the City; (d) "graffiti" means one or more letters, symbols, numbers, etchings, inscriptions, pictorial representations, or other markings that disfigure or deface property howsoever made on or otherwise affixed to the property, but does not include, (i) a sign authorized by the City's Sign By-law; (ii) a public notice authorized by law; (ii) a traffic control mark authorized by law; or (iii) an art mural approved by the City in accordance with section 6; (e) "interior space" means any space that is not visible from a highway or other public place; (f) "officer" means a City employee whose duties include the enforcement of this by-law;