Edmond, OK Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Any building or structure which is dangerous to the public health or safety because of damage, decay or other condition.(q)Any pit, hole or other thing which is so constructed, formed, conditioned and/or situated as to endanger the public safety.(r)Any fire or explosion hazard which endangers the public safety.(s)Any occupation or activity which endangers the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare. (1954 Code § 217).(t)Graffiti is defined as the unauthorized spraying of paint or marking of ink, chalk, dye or other similar substances on public and private buildings, structures and places. The existence of graffiti or the act of placing graffiti on any real or personal property, of altering or defacing any real or personal property of another without their consent through the use of paint, spray paint, markers, objects or other substances capable of destroying property, which is offensive to a reasonably sensitive person. The following acts are prohibited:

(i)To apply graffiti upon any surface, either publicly or privately owned, without the permission of the owner, lessee or person in legal possession; or(ii)To have graffiti on property which can be seen from the public right of way; or(iii)To have graffiti on property which can be seen from private property upon which a complaint has been made; or(iv)To have graffiti on property which causes a depreciation of property values or is detrimental to neighborhoods.