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§ 92.07 VACANT LOT NUISANCES.
   It shall be unlawful to maintain any vacant lot or other premises within the municipality of the city on which the rubbish is allowed to accumulate, weeds or long grass allowed to grow or any water is allowed to collect and lie stagnant, in which mosquitoes breed, or are likely to breed, and any such premises or vacant lot on which such rubbish, weeds, long grass or stagnant water is allowed to remain is hereby declared a nuisance and dangerous to the health of the people in the city.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.08 COLLECTION OF WATER.
   The collection of water referred to in § 92.07 shall be held to be those contained in ditches, ponds, pools, excavations, holes, depressions, open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks, shallow wells, barrels, troughs, except horse troughs in frequent use, eaves troughs, urns, urn cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets or other similar containers.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.09 TREATMENT OF THE COLLECTION OF WATER.
   (A)   The method of treatment of the collection of water specified in § 92.08, so as to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes, shall be any one or more of the following:
      (1)   Screening with wire netting of at least 16 meshes to the inch each way or any other material which would prevent the ingress or egress of mosquitoes;
      (2)   Complete emptying every seven days of the unscreened containers;
      (3)   Using a larvicide approved by and applied under the direction of the Health Department;
      (4)   Covering completely every seven days the surface of the water with per off in oil, kerosene or petroleum in sufficient quantities to remain covered at least 12 hours each time;
      (5)   Cleaning and keeping sufficiently free from vegetable growth and other obstructions and stocking with mosquito-destroying fish, absence of half-grown or larger mosquito larvae to be evidence of compliance with this measure;
      (6)   Filling or draining to the satisfaction of the Louisville and Jefferson County Health Department; and
      (7)   The removal of tin cans, tin boxes, broken or empty bottles and similar articles likely to hold water at least once in seven days.
   (B)   If not removed, it must be so completely destroyed as not to be able to hold water.
(Ord. 23, passed 8-7-1958) Penalty, see § 92.99
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