East Palo Alto Municipal Code Art. I Mosquitoes

All pools of water, or other places in which mosquitoes are being bred are declared to be public nuisances. All health officers of the city and the board of health of the city are given authority, and it is made their duty, upon the complaint, in writing, of any resident of city, to condemn, as nuisances, all such pools of water or other places in which mosquitoes are being bred and order the summary abatement thereof.

(Prior code § 6-10.101)

Upon being notified by such health officers or board of health, of the existence of such pools of water or other places in which mosquitoes are bred, and that the same has been declared a public nuisance by such health officers or board of health, it shall be the duty of the person or persons responsible for the maintenance thereof to forthwith abate such nuisance.

(Prior code § 6-10.102)

All persons refusing or neglecting to forthwith abate such nuisance as directed by the health officers or board of health, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment in the city jail for not more than twenty-five (25) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Prior code § 6-10.103)