[Adopted 8-4-1966 by Ord. No. 433 (Ch. 10, Part 4, of the
1988 Code of Ordinances)]
Any collection of water considered in this article shall be
held to be those contained in ditches, pools, ponds, streams, excavations,
holes, depressions, open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns,
tanks, shallow wells, barrels, troughs, urns, cans, boxes, bottles,
tubs, buckets, roof gutters, tanks of flush closets, reservoirs, vessels,
receptacles of any kind, or other containers or devices which may
hold water.
It shall be unlawful to have, keep, maintain, cause or permit,
within the limits of the Borough of Clifton Heights, any collection
of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely
to breed, unless such collection of water is treated so as effectively
to prevent such breeding.
The methods used or treatment directed toward the prevention
of breeding of mosquitoes in collections of water shall be of a type
approved by the Health Officer. The Health Officer shall, from time
to time, issue mosquito control regulations.
The presence of mosquito larvae in collections of water shall
be evidence that mosquitoes are breeding there, and failure to prevent
such breeding within three days after notice by the Health Officer,
his authorized agent, or representative shall be deemed a violation
of this article.
Should the person or persons responsible for conditions giving
rise to the breeding of mosquitoes fail or refuse to take necessary
measures to prevent the same, within three days after due notice has
been given to them, the Health Officer or his authorized agent is
hereby authorized to do so, and all necessary cost incurred by him
for this purpose shall be a charge against the property owner or other
person offending, as the case may be.
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article,
the Health Officer or his duly accredited agent acting under his authority
may, at all reasonable times, enter in and upon any premises within
his jurisdiction; and any person or persons charged with any of the
duties imposed by this article failing, within the time designated
by this article or within the time stated in the notice of the Health
Officer, as the case may be, to perform such duties, or to carry out
the necessary measures to the satisfaction of the Health Officer,
shall be deemed guilty of a separate violation of this article.
[Amended 8-15-1988 by Ord. No. 682; 9-19-1988 by Ord. No. 681]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day of violation of this article, beyond the three days set forth in § 250-10, shall constitute and be conclusive of a separate offense.
