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ORDINANCE NO. NS-~7 ADDING CHAPTER 5, PART 1 TO ARTICLE V OF THE SAN'fA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PdELATING TO THE FLY CO~¥fROL AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH W~ER~AS, the County of Orange and several cities located in said County have agreed upon the necessity for controlling the in- creased numbers of flies, and have agreed upon regulatory measures; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CI%~ COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAi~TA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. '£hat Chapter 5, entitled "Pest Control", Part 1, "Fly Control" is hereby added to Article V of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to read as follows: CHAP~E~ 5 - PEST CONTRO~ Part 1 - Fly Control SECTION 5500. The term "breeding place of flies" as used in this Ordinance shall mean any place found to breed flies in an amount or manner such as to endanger public health or safety or to create unreasonable interference with the comfortable en- joyment of and use of life and property by others. SECTIO~ 5501. ~The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that any breeding place of flies in the City of Santa Aha which exists by reason of any condition or use made of land, organic waste, animal material, or of any other sub- stance whatsoever, or the deposit or the storage thereof, is a public nuisance. SECTION 5502. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of Orange County, upon routine inspection, or whenever he is informed or has reasonable cause to believe that any land, building, or collection of plant or animal waste or any sub- stance or existing condition on any lot, farm or other land or on any other premises is a breeding place of flies,to enter, after demand, upon such premises and to determine by inspection whether or not there is an existing breeding place of flies. SECTIO~ 5.5Q3. Except as to residences and living quarters, the Health Officer or his authorized deputies or inspectors, for the purpose of routine inspection or whenever he shall have reasonable cause to believe that any violation of this Ordinance exists upon any premises or in any place, after displaying identification, may demand entry thereon in the day time. Every person who owns, occupies or otherwise is then in possession of such premises and who, after such display and demand, refuses or willfully delays to open the same and admit an inspection thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. SECTIO.N 5504.~... The Health Officer shall furnish each of his deputies and inspectors with identification in such form as he shall prescribe. SECTIO~ 5.$.05. Whenever there exists in any place within the territory of the City of Santa Aha a breeding place of flies, the County Health Officer may notify in writing the record owner or person having control or possession of such place or premises to abate such nuisance. -1-