Citrus Heights Municipal Code Art. III Mosquitoes

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 2,000 feet of any occupied dwelling house.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(6.24.010), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997)

No person shall permit the existence of any nuisance as specified in section 46-66 upon any land or premises owned or occupied by such person, 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 provided in this article, is an infraction and a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(6.24.020), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997)

(a) The health officer or person acting for the health officer shall notify in writing the owner or person in charge or in possession of premises within 2,000 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 to eradicate or destroy the breeding place for mosquitoes to the satisfaction of the health officer or person acting for the health officer within a certain time to be specified in the notice. The notice may be served upon the person owning or having charge or having possession of the breeding place for mosquitoes or upon agents of either by the health officer or person acting for the health officer in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. However, if any such breeding place specified in this subsection belongs to any person who is not a resident of the city 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 of the breeding place cannot, after due diligence, be found, notice may be served by posting the notice on some conspicuous place on the premises and mailing a copy thereof to the owner at the owner's last place of address, if known or ascertained.

(b) Whenever any such nuisance exists at any place in the city and the proper notice has been served as provided in this section and the nuisance has not been abated within the time specified in the notice, it shall be the duty of the health officer to cause the nuisance at once to be abated.

(c) The expense of abatement shall be a city charge, and the city council shall allow and pay the expense out of the general fund of the city. Any and all sums so paid shall be and become a lien on the property and premises on which the nuisance is abated. A notice of the lien shall be filed and recorded in the office of the 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 city making the payment. When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the city treasury to satisfy the lien and costs, and the overplus, if there is any, shall be paid to the owner of the property if the owner is known and, if not, into the court for the owner's use when ascertained.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(6.24.030), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997)

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.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(6.24.040), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997)