Any water or collection of water, or any vessel or container
of water, of whatever nature, in which mosquitoes breed, or in which
mosquitoes may breed, is a public nuisance, and shall be abated as
such. The natural presence of mosquito larvae in any such water shall
be deemed conclusive evidence of mosquito breeding and of the existence
of a public nuisance, provided such water, receptacle, container or
mosquito breeding occurs within 2000 feet of any occupied dwelling
house.
(Ord. 179 § 1, 1919)
No person shall permit the existence of any nuisance as specified in Section 6.24.010 upon any land/or premises owned or occupied by him or her, after due notice in writing has been served upon such person by the Health Officer of the County, or a person acting for the Health Officer. Each and every day that such a nuisance is permitted to exist or continue, after reasonable notice as herein provided, is an infraction and a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 576 § 2, 1983)
The Health Officer or person acting for him or her shall notify
in writing the owner or owners, or person or persons in charge or
in possession of premises within two thousand feet of any occupied
dwelling house, upon which there is any water or collection of water,
or any vessel or container of water in which mosquitoes breed, or
in which they may breed, and require such person or persons to eradicate
or destroy the breeding place for mosquitoes to the satisfaction of
the Health Officer or person acting for him or her, within a certain
time to be specified in the notice. The notices may be served upon
the person or persons owning or having charge or having possession
of the breeding places for mosquitoes or upon agents of either, by
the Health Officer or person acting for him or her in the same manner
as a summons in a civil action; provided, however, if any such breeding
places hereinabove specified belong to any person who is not a resident
of the County, and there is no person in possession and control thereof,
and such nonresident person has no tenant or agent upon whom service
can be had, or if the owner or owners of the breeding places cannot,
after due diligence, be found, then notice may be served by posting
the same on some conspicuous place on the premises, and mailing a
copy thereof to the owner at his or her last place of address, if
known or ascertained.
Whenever any such nuisance exists at any place in the County,
and the proper notice has been served as herein provided, and the
nuisance has not been abated within the time specified in the notice,
it shall be the duty of the health officer of Sacramento County to
cause the nuisance at once to be abated.
The expense thereof shall be a county charge, and the Board
of Supervisors shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund
of the County. Any and all sums so paid shall be and become a lien
on the property and premises on which the nuisance was abated. A notice
of the lien shall be filed and recorded in the office of the County
recorder of the County in which the property and premises are situated
within 30 days after the right to the lien has accrued. An action
to foreclose the lien shall be commenced thereafter, in the name and
for the benefit of the County making the payment or payments, and
when the property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into
the County treasury to satisfy the lien and costs; and the surplus,
if there is any, shall be paid to the owner of the property if he
or she is known, and if not, into the court for his use when ascertained.
(Ord. 179 § 3, 1919)
Wells, cisterns, cesspools and privy vaults shall be so screened
or covered as to prevent access by mosquitoes to the contents thereof,
and all such screens or coverings shall be maintained by the owner
thereof in good condition and to the satisfaction of the Health Officer
of the County.
(Ord. 179 § 4, 1919)
