O#50MOSQUITO 0RDINAYCE NO. 50
Be It Ordained by the Town Commission of the Town of
Boynton, Florida.
Section i. it shall be unlawful for any person to
have, keep, maintain, cause, or permit within the cor-
porate limits of Boynton, Florida, any collection of
standing or flowing ~,~ter in which mos.ouitoes breed or
are likely to breed, unless such collection of water is
treated so as effectually to prevent such breeding.
Section 2. Collections of water in which mosquitoes
brewed or are likely to breed are those contained in
ditches, ponds, pools, excavations, holes, depressions,
o~en cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks,
shallow wells, barrels, troughs (except horse troughs in
frequent use), urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets,
defective house roof gutters, tanks or flush closets, or
other similar water containers.
Section :~. The natural presence of mosquito larvae
in stnding or running water shall be evidence that mos-
quitoes are breeding the?e.
Section 4. Collections o~' water in which mosqui-
toes breed or are likely to breed shall be treated by
such one or more of the fol!o',,'~ing methods as shall be
approved by the Vice I',~ayor.
(a) Screening :.vith wire netting of at least 16
meshes to the inch each way, or any other
material v.6aich ¥~ill effectually prevent
the ingress or egress of mos~uitoes.
(b) Complete emptying every seven days of un-
screened containers, together with their
thorough drying or cleaning.
(c) Using a larvicide approved and applied under
the direction of the health officer.
(d) Covering completely the surface of the water
kerosene, petroleum, or paraffin oil once
every seven days.
(e) Cleaning and keeping sufficiently free of ve-
getable growth and other obstructions, and
stocking mosquito destroying fish.
(f)Filling or draining to the satisfaction of
the health officer.
(g) Proper disposal, by removal or destruction,
of tin cans, tin boxes, broken or empty
bottles, and similar articles likely to
hold water.
Section 8. In case the person responsible for the
condition of premises on which mosquitoes breed or are
likely to breed fails or refuse to take necessary mea-
sures to prevent their bre~ding within three days after
notice in wirting has been given him by the Vice kayor,
or within such longer ti~e after such notice as may be
specified in the notice, the said person responsible
shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance
and for each da.~ after the expiration of three days from
the day on which such notice is given him, or for each
day after the expiration of the time specified in the
notice, as the case may be, ~hat the person responsible
fails or refuses to take su.~h measures, t~e said person
responsible shall be deemed guilty of a separate viola-
tion of this ordinance, and in each such failure of re-
fusal of the person responsible the Vice ~ayor is au-
thorized to take the necessary steps to prevent the breed-
ing of mosquitoes, and all necessary costs incurred by
the health officer for that purpose shall be a charge
ag.-inst the person responsible.
Section 6. For the purpose of this ordinance the
person responsible for the condition of any premises is
the person using or occupin$ the same; or, in case no
person is using or occupying the premises, the person
who by law is entitled to 2he immediate possession of
the same; or, in case the premises are used or occupied
by two or more tenants of a common landlord, or from
grounds appurtenant to a house occupied by t'~'~'o or more
tenants of a common landlord, then the landlord; each
tenant, however, is ~sponsible for the part of the pre-
mises which he occupies to the exclusion of the other
tenants: Provided, That, in case the premises are
occupied by the tenant under a yearly or monthly tendency,
or under a lease for not more than a year, or under any
lease whereby the lessor is expressly or i?::pliedly ob-
ligated to keep the premises in repair, and the collec-
tion of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes
breed or are likely to breed is o~ving to the disrepair
of the building, or buildings or to any natural q~ality
of the premises, or to a~y condition that existc~d at
the time when the t~nant entered into possession, or
to any thing done on the premises by the landlord dur-
ing the existance of the tendency or lease, the~ in
such case, the alndlord is the person responsible, Pro-
vided further; that any person who has caused to exist
on any premises of which he is not the owner, landloard,
occupant, or tenant, 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.
Section V. For the purpose of enforcing the provi-
sions of this ordinance, the Vice lvlayor, or his lawful
sub-ordinance, amy at all reasonable times enter in and
upon any premises within his jurisdiction.
Section 8. Any person found guilty of a violation
of this ordinance, as described in section 5 thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than one ~ollar (~;~1) and
not more than twenty-five dollars (~j~5).
Section 9. This ordinance having been read in full
at a meeting of the To?an Commission held on the 20th day
of October, 1924, was duly a d opted at a regular meeting
of said Commission held on t]-~e 18th day of i~ovember, 1924,
and a copy thereof posted at the door of the Town Hall.
C. F. Knuth, Mayor
(Signed)
Harry Bens on,Vice Eayor (Signed)