AUSTIN, Texas — Property owners in Austin are getting another way to get rid of graffiti on their buildings. On Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a new one-year pilot graffiti abatement program.

“I really strongly feel that if we want to preserve and protect and enhance our sense of place in Austin, Texas, the beauty of our city, we need to be moving forward on things like this,” said Austin Mayor Kirk Watson during the council meeting on September 11.

With the new pilot program, Development Services will be looking into graffiti complaints, letting the property owners know about them, and then setting up a free clean up service through a third-party contractor. Before this program, the responsibility and cost all fell on each individual property owner.

“The community has b

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