Chapter 6.24
MOSQUITOES
Sections:
6.24.010 Breeding place deemed nuisance.
6.24.020 Violation after notice.
6.24.010 Breeding place deemed nuisance.
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. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 179 § 1, 1919].
6.24.020 Violation after notice.
No person shall permit the existence of any nuisance as specified in RCMC 6.24.010 upon any land or premises owned or occupied by him, after due notice in writing has been served upon such person by the health officer of the city, 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. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 576 § 2, 1983].
6.24.030 Notice.
The health officer or person acting for him shall notify in writing the owner or owners or person or persons 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 or persons to eradicate or destroy the breeding place for mosquitoes to the satisfaction of the health officer, or person acting for him, 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 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 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 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 last place of address, if known or ascertained.
Whenever any such nuisance exists at any place in the city, 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 Rancho Cordova to cause the nuisance at once to be abated.
The expense thereof shall be a city charge, and the city council shall allow and pay the same 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 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 city making the payment or payments, and 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 he is known, and if not, into the court for his use when ascertained. [Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 179 § 3, 1919].
6.24.040 Screening of wells.
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 city. [Ord. 21-2003 §§ 2, 4; Ord. 20-2003 §§ 2, 4; SCC 179 § 4, 1919].