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Article: City panel backs spray paint ban
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 17, 1990
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A City Council committee Thursday unanimously endorsed an
ordinance that bans the sale of spray paint cans in Chicago.
Proponents urged the ordinance as the "only way" to crack down
on graffiti.
Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) and Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th) said
they proposed the ban because manufacturers and retailers have failed
to cooperate on the problem.
But Mell said he would hold back the ordinance if industry
leaders can "show some progress" before the next Council meeting
scheduled for Sept. 12.
More than 11,000 cans of spray paint are sold daily in the city,
said industry officials testifying Thursday before the Council's
Rules Committee.
In 1985, the Council banned the sale ...