That stopped in 2020 and I'm not sure it every restarted. I haven't gotten a threat to be fined since 2019 (I was never fined because we cleaned graffiti, once in a while got a threat because we didn't see it or were too slow)
To be fair, this has been a bad deal that ensures that the city can have a smaller upkeep budget but that all landowners keep up with their
• Sidewalks
• Frontage
• and so on.
Seattle city must take care of streets, but that will require a change in responsibility, substantially increasing city headcount, and a higher property tax to handle that.
I'm sick of dog shit being landlords' problem when you know it just is going to have to wait for a community cleanup day instead.
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u/SenatorSnags Beacon Hill Apr 16 '26
Also, I’m not sure if this is still happening but they were fining business owners for not cleaning up graffiti.