A. This chapter is enacted as an exercise of the authority of the City of Moses Lake to protect and preserve the public, health, safety, and welfare. Its provisions shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes.

B. It is the express purpose of this chapter to provide for and to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefitted by the terms of this chapter.

C. It is the specific intent of this chapter to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon any person included within its scope, and no provision of, or term used in, this chapter is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City of Moses Lake or any of its officers or employees for whom the implementation or enforcement of this chapter shall be discretionary and not mandatory.

D. Nothing contained in this chapter is intended to be, nor shall be construed to create or to form the basis for, liability on the part of the City of Moses Lake or its officers, employees, or agents for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of any person subject to this chapter to comply with this chapter, or by reason or in consequence of any act or omission in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this chapter on the part of the City of Moses Lake by its officers, employees, or agents. (Ord. 2682, 5/14/13)