§ 18-168. Tire storage and mosquito control.

(a)

Every person in possession of land within the corporate limits of the city, either as owner, purchaser, under contract, lessee, tenant or licensee, upon which land there are situated one or more tires, shall keep such tires inside a building or other structure, which building or structure must be capable of preventing the tires from gathering water, or allowing weeds to grow around such tires. Each tire must be stored in such a manner that in the determination of the city the tires are not capable of breeding mosquitoes or other vermin.

(b)

Every person in possession of land within the corporate limits of the city, either as owner, purchaser, under contract, lessee, tenant or licensee, is hereby prohibited from having, storing or otherwise keeping any vessels or vats capable of containing or holding liquids, which vessel or vat in the sole determination of the city would be a breeding place for mosquitoes or other vermin.

(c)

Anyone who stores tires or has tires, or other vessels or vats, without having complied with the provisions of this section or who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offense. Cumulative with any other remedy available to the city, the city may proceed against such violator by injunction or other appropriate remedy to correct any violations of this section.

(Code 1978, § 13-4; Code 1993, § 42-1)