HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0866 (2)Director of the Iredell County Health Department (the "Director") in the
extermination of mosquitoes and in the eradication of mosquito breeding
places. The Director is hereby authorised, empowered and directed to adopt
programs of public education, wide mosquito eradication, and habitat
abatement.
3A-3 In addition to the authorities otherwise conferred upon the Director by taw,
the Director is specifically empowered:
a. To notify the owner of any real or personal property in Bedell County to
immediately drain any container of standing water where the Director
reasonably believes mosquitoes are or may be breeding.
b. To enter any property in Iredell County, after first attempting to give the
owner of such property notice, where the Director has received an affidavit
that the want believes mosquitoes are breeding in standing water on the
property, or where the Director has other reasonable grounds for belief that
mosquitoes are or may be breeding on the property.
c. Where the owner of the property cannot be located despite reasonable efforts,
or where the owner refuses to take steps to abate the County Health Nuisance
after having been given an order by the Director, the Director is authorized to
enter the property and to drain, empty, or remove containers of water, to spray,
dust, or eradicate live mosquitoes, to deposit chemical or biological agents in
pools, ponds, lagoons, bodies or containers of water.
d. The costs incurred by Iredell County in the eradication of live mosquitoes or
the abatement of mosquito breeding grounds where the owner of the property
cannot be located or refuses to respond to an order from the Director shall
constitute a lien upon the property in the nature of an ad valorem property tax
lien, and shall be collected by the Iredell County Tax Collector in the same
manner taxes are collected,
3A-4 It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, hinder, or delay the
Director, or persons acting under his direction and control, in the
performance of any duty authorized by this Chapter.
3A-5 Penalties.
a. In addition to any other remedy available, this Chapter may be
enforced by an appropriate equitable remedy issued from any court of
competent jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, temporary or
permanent restraining orders and prohibitory and mandatory
injunctions.
b. In addition to every other remedy available for the violation of this
Chapter, the Director is authorized to issue to any person a ticket
giving notice of the violation of Chapter 3A. Tickets so issued may be
delivered in person or mailed by registered or certified "nail to the
person charged, if he cannot be readily located. Any such ticket issued
shall impose upon the owner a civil penalty of $50.00 for the first
offense and $50.00 for all subsequent offenses. Each day of continuing
violation shall be deemed a separate offense. Such penalties must be
paid within twenty (20) days to the Director or any person authorized
by him to receive such funds. If the owner or violator does not appear
in response to such ticket, or if the applicable penalty is not paid
within the time prescribed, a criminal summons shall be issued against
the violator and upon conviction, the violator shall, in addition to the
penalties prescribed for violation of this Chapter, be punished as the
Court prescribes for failure to pay the civil penalties imposed hereby.
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