GRAFFITI REMOVAL

Graffiti can be unsightly and offensive and where unauthorised, are considered to be acts of vandalism. 
Council spends over $150,000 each year on the removal of graffiti and the City’s dedicated team of graffiti removalists are committed to cleaning off graffiti as soon after it has been noticed or reported as possible.

Removal of Graffiti from Council or Private Property

Under the City’s Graffiti Vandalism policy, Council will clean, remove or cover any graffiti on buildings, fences and structures that: 

• are within or constitute boundaries of all reserves under the care and control of the City of Bayswater including, but not exclusively, parks, reserves, public access ways and road reserves; and
• form an external perimeter to a private property which does not necessarily align with the property boundary common to a reserve.

Where the graffiti covers a fence, wall or building on a shared boundary with a private property or reserve, or is within the private property or reserve under the care and control of another authority, the adjacent landowner must provide permission for the graffiti to be removed prior to cleaning, removing or covering.

Where the graffiti covers a fence, wall or building on a shared boundary with a private property or reserve, or is within the private property or reserve under the care and control of another authority, the adjacent landowner must indemnify Council against all actions, claims, damages, costs and expenses whatsoever resulting from the graffiti removal activity.  (This does not include workers compensation cover of Council employees or Councillors.)

How to Lodge a Request for Graffiti Removal

Private Property

If you would like to request Council’s assistance in removing graffiti, please download and complete the Permission Slip and Indemnity Statement below and return it to:

The Chief Executive Officer
City of Bayswater
P O Box 467
Morley WA 6943.

Click here for Permission Slip and Indemnity Statement

Council Property

If you would like to report an incident of graffiti on Council property, please click here.

The destruction of property through graffiti vandalism is a criminal offence.  If you see someone committing this act, please contact the Police Assistance Centre on 131 444 or the City of Bayswater Security Watch Service on 1300 360 333.

If you would like further information on the City’s graffiti removal program, please contact the Technical Services Division on 9272 0622.

Click here to learn more about graffiti removal.