Graffiti Abatement
Click here to request graffiti removal.
How can the Graffiti Abatement Program help you?
The Austin Youth Development Project, with adult supervision and with written permission, will come to your property and remove graffiti for you at no charge. Call 3-1-1 or 512-974-1028 to find out how to obtain such help. Our staff is also available to give presentations at your schools or neighborhood association meetings.
How can you help fight graffiti?
Please call 3-1-1 or 512-974-1028 when you spot graffiti so we can make arrangements with the property owner for cleanup.
To organize volunteer clean-ups call 854-4591.
Remember:
- Graffiti is a crime. Please call the Austin Police Department to file a complaint.
- Get involved in your community.
- Join your Neighborhood Association.
- Organize a volunteer clean-up effort.
- Share this information with neighbors, business owners and friends in your community.
More about this program
City ordinance (950323-K) requires property owners to remove graffiti within 30 days. The City is responsible for its own property (such as City buildings, street signs, and retaining walls).
The same ordinance also requires the City to operate this program to provide free assistance to property owners with graffiti removal.
