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 effectual 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 water containers.
(Ordinance 37, sec. 1A, adopted 9/8/81; 1982 Code, ch. 6, sec. 1(A))
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 council or representative of the
city council shall be deemed a violation of this article.
(Ordinance 37, sec. 1B, adopted 9/8/81; 1982 Code, ch. 6, sec. 1(B))
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, the mayor or his duly authorized agent acting under his authority may at all reasonable times enter in and upon any premises within his jurisdiction, and any person charged with any of his duties imposed by this article failing within the time designated by this article or within the time stated in the notice of the mayor, or his representative, as the case may be, to perform such duties or to carry out the necessary measures as outlined in section 6.05.002 shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article.
(Ordinance 37, sec. 1C, adopted 9/8/81; 1982 Code, ch. 6, sec. 1(C))
