Chapter 4.12 — MOSQUITO CONTROL
San Mateo County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · San Mateo County
4.12.010 - Places where mosquitoes being bred declared a public nuisance.¶
All pools of water, or other places in which mosquitoes, are being bred are hereby declared to be public nuisances. All Health Officers of the County and the Boards of Health of all cities and towns in the County are hereby given authority, and it is made their duty, upon the complaint, in writing, of any resident of the County or City or Town, 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 § 4120.0; Ord. 198, 06/07/1905)
4.12.020 - Duty to abate nuisance.¶
Upon being notified by such Health Officers or Boards 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 said Health Officers or Boards of Health, it shall be the duty of the Person or Persons responsible for the maintenance thereof to forthwith abate such nuisance.
(Prior code § 4120.1; Ord. 198, 06/07/1905)
4.12.030 - Penalty for failure to abate.¶
All Persons refusing or neglecting to forthwith abate such nuisance as directed by said Health Officers or Boards of Health, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than twenty-five (25) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Prior code § 4120.2; Ord. 198, 06/07/1905)
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