Graffiti removal costs the city of Tucson between $60,000 and $70,000 a month. Before the ordinance was passed, property owners were responsible for taking care of the clean-up, which Kozachik says leaves the victims paying for someone else's crime.

Mother of three, Tammy Kelley, thinks holding parents responsible is a good idea.

"Parents are responsible for what their children do. If they're not going to take the initiative to know where their children are and what they're doing and they get into this kind of trouble, then they should have to help pay for it," says Kelley.

But high school student Kren Buendia says young vandals should take responsibility for their own actions.

"Whoever did it should be responsible; if they're underage they should still be responsible because they went out and did it instead of making their parents have to pay for something they didn't do," says Buendia, 17.

Graffiti Protective Coating employee David Caseres says his company gets between 200 and 300 calls a day about damaged property.

Caseres thinks this ordinance may help somewhat, but he not enough to eliminate tagging altogether.

"Their parents would pay more attention, probably monitor what they're doing and try to keep them off the streets or put them in an active program. If they like tagging or they like art, enroll them in an art class or a place where they can actually express their work," says Caseres.

The ordinance says parents won't face jail time, but they will have to pay fines if their children are found guilty for tagging more than once.

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