The purpose of this Article is to provide for the general public health protection in regards to mosquito, fly, rat, and other public health vector management and abatement.
Pursuant to the authority cited in Chapter 1 of this Environmental Health Code (E.H. Code), and as elsewhere provided in State law, this jurisdiction designates the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) of the County of San Bernardino as the enforcement authority for the purposes of this Article and of the applicable laws and regulations related to public health vector abatement as currently adopted by the State Department of Food and Agriculture and Department of Health Services. This jurisdiction hereby finds and declares that breeding and harborage places for mosquitoes, flies, rats, and other vectors under conditions of known public health significance are public nuisances. DEHS is authorized to assist in epidemiological studies conducted by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health and other health agencies, to provide education on vector-borne disease and control measures, and otherwise appropriately monitor the status of public health vertebrate and invertebrate vectors within this jurisdiction. Such authority includes the right to reasonably enter upon, without hindrance, any lands to inspect, survey, monitor, or issue notices related to suspected public nuisances.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986)