(a) It
shall be unlawful to have, keep, maintain, cause, permit or allow
any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed
or are likely to breed, unless such collection of water is treated
so as to effectually prevent such breeding.
(b) Any
collections of water as provided in this section shall be held to
be those contained in ditches, pools, ponds, excavations, holes, depressions,
open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks, shallow
wells, barrels, troughs (except livestock troughs in frequent use),
urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets, defective house gutters,
automobile tires, tanks, or flush closets, or other similar water
containers.
(c) The
natural presence of mosquito larvae in standing or running water shall
be deemed sufficient evidence to assume that mosquitoes are breeding
there and failure to prevent such breeding within three (3) days after
due notice has been given by the health officer shall constitute a
violation of this section.
(d) The
methods of treatment of collections of water directed toward the prevention
of breeding of mosquitoes shall be approved by the health officer
and shall be one or more of the following:
(1) Screening with wire netting of at least sixteen (16) meshes to the
inch each way or with any other material which will prevent the ingress
or egress of mosquitoes;
(2) Complete emptying every seven (7) days of unscreened containers,
together with thorough drying and cleaning;
(3) Using a larvacide approved and applied under the direction of the
health officer of the city or licensed applicator;
(4) Covering completely the surface of the water with kerosene, petroleum,
or paraffin oil once every seven (7) days;
(5) Cleaning and keeping sufficiently free of vegetable growth and other
obstructions and stocking with mosquito larvae-destroying fish;
(6) Filling or draining to the satisfaction of the health officer of
the city; and/or
(7) Proper removal or destruction of tin cans, tin boxes, broken or empty
bottles, and similar containers likely to hold water.
(e) Should
the person responsible for conditions giving rise to the breeding
of mosquitoes fail or refuse to take measures necessary to prevent
the same within three (3) days after due notice has been given him
by the health officer, the city is authorized to abate such condition,
and all reasonably necessary costs incurred by the city for this purpose
shall be levied as a lien against the property.
(Ordinance 09-034, art. IV, adopted 7/13/09)
Any pool, well, spring, or collection of water within the city
containing the bacillus cols germ or bacteria is declared a public
nuisance and dangerous to public health, and any person maintaining
or allowing to be maintained such well, pool, spring, or collection
of water on premises owned or controlled by him shall be deemed guilty
of a violation as a class C misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 09-034, art. IV, adopted 7/13/09)
If any well, pool, spring, or collection of water within the
city is contaminated with bacillus coli, the health officer shall
instruct the person owning or controlling the property upon which
same is located to seal, fill, or drain such well, pool, spring, or
water collection so that same can no longer be used for drinking,
bathing, or domestic purposes. If such person owning or controlling
the premises fails immediately to fill, drain, or seal such well,
pool, spring, or collection of water, the health officer shall issue
a citation and shall report the condition, together with his recommendations,
to the city manager. If the city manager deems it for the best interest
of the public health that such well, pool, spring, or collection of
water be closed up, filled in, or sealed over, they shall order the
required work to be carried out, and the reasonable and necessary
cost thereof shall be charged to the person, levied as a lien against
the property and/or seek enforcement by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ordinance 09-034, art. IV, adopted 7/13/09)
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place in any
street, alley, drainage ditch, or gutter any trash, tin, shavings,
refuse, or other matter whatsoever so as to prevent the free passage
of water or cause same to stagnate therein. It shall likewise be unlawful
for any person installing or repairing water, gas, or service pipes
to leave any street, alley, drainage ditch, or gutter in such condition
as to impair or impede the drainage of same. Any person who causes,
permits, allows or maintains such condition shall be deemed guilty
of a violation as a class C misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 09-034, art. IV, adopted 7/13/09)