That's enough of Eno - council

THOMAS BUSBY/Taranaki Daily News

Washed away: A council worker, above, removes street art from a power box in New Plymouth.

A series of popular street art paintings have been removed by council contractors.
New Plymouth District Council manager of parks Mark Bruhn said modifying public property without permission was vandalism.
The council had a policy of removing graffiti within 24 hours of being notified, he said.
"At the moment the artist hasn't been given permission and the community have indicated they have a low tolerance of graffiti.
"Some might see it as art but others don't," he said.
While much of the art removed from power boxes and other public structures can be attributed to an artist known only as Eno, pieces from other names like Tik Tok and Bmd have also been removed.
The trademark, comic-like faces Eno paints have been popping up around the city for the past three months.
While they do appear on some public structures, most of the work has been pasted on to private property.
The Taranaki Daily News understands permission has been granted for these because they have not been removed.
The work was noticed in February and published in an online story that drew a large amount of support for the artists.
Whether the paintings were pleasant on the eye was not the issue, Mr Bruhn said.
"Even bad graffiti looks good to the person who did it.
"It's in the eye of the beholder."