Intent and purpose. The City Council finds and declares that graffiti on public or private property creates a condition tending to reduce the value of such property, promotes blight and deterioration of surrounding property, and invites further vandalism; and it results in loss of pride in affected neighborhoods and loss of business to neighboring commercial enterprises. Although state law prohibits the sale of products used in graffiti to persons under the age of eighteen, graffiti continues to proliferate in the city due in part to the theft of aerosol paint products. Supplemental local deterrents to the availability for use of aerosol containers of paint are needed to further inhibit their use for graffiti purposes. (Ord. 613 C.S., passed 2-2-94)