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. ORDINANCE 06-08 CITY OF ELK RIVER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER ADDING SECTIONS 46-80 THROUGH 46-86 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING NUISANCES ARTICLE III. GRAFFITI The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: Sec. 46-80. Findings and Purpose. (a) The City Council of the city is enacting this article to help prevent the spread of graffiti vandalism and to establish a program for the removal of graffiti from public and private property. (b) The Council finds that graffiti is a public nuisance and destructive of the rights and values of property owners as well as the entire community. Graffiti perpetrators are often associated with other criminal activities, including violent crimes. Unless the city acts to remove graffiti from public and private property, the graffiti tends to remain. Other properties then become the target of graffiti and entire neighborhoods are affected and become less desirable places in which to be, all to the detriment of the city. . (c) The City Council intends, through the adoption of this article, to provide additional enforcement tools to protect public and private property from acts of graffiti vandalism and defacement of public and private property. The Council does not intend for this article to conflict with any existing anti-graffiti state laws or "criminal damage to property" laws. Sec. 46-81. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words will have the meaning provided to them, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. AEROSOL PAINT CONTAINER Any aerosol container that is adapted or made for the purpose of applying spray paint or other substances capable of defacing property. . BROAD- TIPPED MARKER Any felt tip indelible marker or similar implement with a flat or angled writing surface that, at its broadest width, is greater than one- fourth of an inch, containing ink or other pigmented liquid that is not water soluble. 2006-08