(A) Duty to prevent. Anyone owning or occupying properties upon which are located drainage ditches, spillways, water wells, retention basins, detention basins, creeks, ponds, rivers and/or lakes must maintain that property in such a manner as to discourage prevent the proliferation of mosquito populations by observing the following procedures.
(1) All refuse and debris in and around such areas must be removed.
(2) Grass and weeds must not be allowed to reach a height exceeding 12 inches.
(3) Dead animal carcasses shall be removed within 18 hours.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OTHERS CAUSING VIOLATIONS. Any person who has caused to exist, on any premises which he or she is not the owner, landlord, occupant or tenant of, any collection of water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed is responsible, as well as the owner landlord, tenant or occupant, as the case may be.
OWNERS or OCCUPANTS. The person responsible for the condition of any premises is the owner of the premises as well as any other person or legal entity using or occupying the same. In case the premises are used or occupied by two or more tenants of a common landlord, or grounds appurtenant to a house occupied by two or more tenants of a common landlord, then the landlord and both tenants shall be responsible. Each tenant, however, is only responsible for that part of the premises that he or she occupies to the exclusion of the other tenant.
(Ord. 2003-OR-10, passed 3-3-2003)