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B. In lieu of, or as part of, the penalties specified in this Ordinance, a violator may be required to perform community service as described by the court based on the following minimum requirements: 1. If the Court wishes to impose community service in lieu of other penalties provided herein, the violator shall be ordered to perform at least thirty hours of community service; and 2. The entire period of community service shall be performed under the supervision of a community service provider approved by the Chief of Police or his designee; and 3. Reasonable effort shall be made to assign the violator to a type of community service that is reasonably expected to have the most rehabilitative effect on the violator, such as community service that involves graffiti removal. Section 6: Ordinance No. 1145-85 (Title 10 EMC) is amended by the addition of the following section: Use of public funds for graffiti removal. Whenever the City becomes aware of or is notified and determines that graffiti is located on publicly or privately owned property visible from premises open to the public, the City is authorized to use public funds for the removal of graffiti, or for the painting or repairing of the graffiti, but shall not authorize or undertake to provide for the painting or repair of any more extensive area than that where the graffiti is located, unless it is determined in writing that a more extensive area is required to be repainted or repaired in order to avoid an aesthetic disfigurement to the neighborhood or community, or unless the property owner or responsible party agrees to pay for the costs of repainting or repairing the more extensive area. All aspects of graffiti removal are at the discretion of the City including, but not limited to the method of and material used for repair. Section 7: Severability. Should any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation. The City Council of the City of Everett hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 8: Third Party Liability It is expressly the purpose of this ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this ordinance. It is the specific intent of this ordinance that no provision nor any term used in this ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees, for