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ORDINANCE NO. 3073
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON,
REPEALING CHAPTER 8.16 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE
TITLED “GRAFFITI NUISANCE” AND AMENDING CHAPTER 8.14 TO
ADD A NEW SECTION 8.14.090 TITLED “SALE OR GIFT OF GRAFFITI
IMPLEMENTS” OF MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE.
Recitals:
1. The City of Moses Lake City Council has reviewed the existing regulations regarding
graffiti nuisances in the Moses Lake Municipal Code and desires to amend those
regulations to eliminate duplicative enforcement provisions.
2. The City Council desires to repeal Chapter 8.16, titled “Graffiti Nuisance”, in its entirety
and augment Chapter 8.14, titled “Nuisances” to include additional graffiti abatement
regulations.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Moses Lake Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 titled ‘Graffiti Nuisance’ is hereby repealed
in its entirety.
Section 2. A new section, 8.14.090, titled “Sale or Gift of Graffiti Implements”, is added to Chapter
8.14, “Nuisances”, as follows:
8.14.090. Sale or Gift of Graffiti Implements.
On a voluntary basis, the Moses Lake City Council requests and encourages all
businesses within the City and all citizens to refrain from selling, offering to sell, causing
to be sold, giving, or lending any graffiti implements as described above to any minor
under the age of eighteen (18) years. Businesses are encouraged to require picture
identification for all people who may be under the age of eighteen (18) years. All
businesses who offer for sale graffiti implements are requested to voluntarily restrict
access to those items from the public by either placing them behind a locked counter,
cabinet or other storage facility so that access to them cannot be gained without their
being unlocked by an authorized employee or other authorized representative of such
business or by placing them in a location where they can be in constant, uninterrupted
view of an authorized employee or other authorized representative of such business.
Within one (1) year of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, the City
Council shall review the effectiveness of this section and shall consider whether such
provisions shall be made mandatory rather than voluntary.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court, board or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, such
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invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 4. Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are authorized by the
Moses Lake City Council to make necessary clerical corrections to this ordinance including, but
not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering,
section/subsection numbers, and any references thereto which do not change the substantive
meaning of the ordinance.
Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its passage
and publication of its summary as provided by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Moses Lake, WA on July 8, 2025.
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Dustin Swartz, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Debbie Burke, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Katherine L. Kenison, City Attorney
Martinez Swartz Myers Fancher Madewell Lombardi Skaug
Vote: Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye
Date Published: July 14, 2025
Date Effective: July 19, 2025
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