It shall be unlawful to have, keep, maintain, cause, or permit within the city, any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed, unless such collection of water is so treated as effectually to prevent such breeding. Collections of water 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, urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets, defective house roof gutters, automobile tires, tanks of flush closets, or other similar waste containers.
(1981 Code of Ordinances Chapter 6, Section 2)
The methods of treatment of collections of water directed toward the prevention of breeding of mosquitoes shall be approved by the city manager, and shall be one (1) 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 their thorough drying or cleaning.
(3) 
Covering completely the surface of the water with kerosene, petroleum, or paraffin oil once every seven (7) days.
(1981 Code of Ordinances Chapter 6, Section 2)
The natural presence of mosquito larvae or pupae in standing or running water shall be sufficient evidence that mosquitoes are breeding there, and failure to prevent such breeding within three (3) days after notice by the city manager shall be deemed a violation of this article.
(1981 Code of Ordinances Chapter 6, Section 2)
Should the person responsible for conditions giving rise to the breeding of mosquitoes fail or refuse to take measures necessary to prevent the same with three (3) days after due notice has been given him by the city manager, the city manager is hereby authorized to do so, and all necessary cost incurred by the city for this purpose shall be charged against the property owner.
(1981 Code of Ordinances Chapter 6, Section 2)
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, the city manager or his duly authorized agent acting under his authority may at all reasonable times enter in and upon any premises within the city for the purpose of enforcing this article.
(1981 Code of Ordinances Chapter 6, Section 2)