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ORDINANCE NS-1030 REPEALING SECTIONS 18-279 THROUGH 18-286 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 18-279 THROUGH 18-287 DESIGNATING THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND THE FLY ABATEMENT BOARD OF THE COI/NTY OF ORANGE AS THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THE HEARING BOARD, RESPECTIVELY, IN FLY ABAT~4ENT PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by repealing Sections 18-279 through 18-286 and adding thereto Sections 18-279 through 18-287 to read as follows: Section 18-279. Fly Breedinq Hazard Defined. Fly Breeding Hazard as used in th~sesectio~ shall mean the accumulation, existence or maintenance of any substance, matter, material, or condition resulting in the breeding of flies in an amount or manner such as to endanger public health or safety, or to create unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment and use of life and property by others. Section 18-280. Fly Abatement Board Defined. Fly abatement board as used in th~a~ sectior~ shall mean an administrative board appointed by the Board of Supervisors as Fly Abatement Board for the County of Orange. Section 18-281. Public Nuisance. Any fly breeding hazard in the City of Santa Ana is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance. Section 18-282. ~nspection by Health Officer. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the County of Orange 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 substance or existing condition on any lot, farm, or other land or on any other premises within the City of Santa Ana is a fly breeding hazard to enter, after demand, upon such premises and to determine whether or not there is an existing fly breeding hazard. Section 18-283. Abatement Proceedings - Notice. Whenever there exists in any place within the city of Santa Ana a fly breeding hazard, the County Health Officer shall notify in writing the record owner or person having control or possession of such place or premises to abate such nuisance and take corrective measures to prevent its recurrence, and to appear at a public hearing to be held by the Fly Abatement Board. A copy of such notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon such place or premises. Such hearing shall be set by the Orange County Health Officer at least ten (10) days after the date of such notice. The notice shall specify what is claimed to be causing the hazard and what must be done to abate it and shall direct the owner or person in control or possession of the place or premises to abate the nuisance and to perform any and all work necessary to prevent the recurrence thereof in the places or premises specified in the notice, prior to the time set for the public hearing by the Fly Abatement Board, and shall advise such owner or person that in lieu of such abatement, if the Fly Abatement Board determines that a fly breeding hazard still exists at the time of such public hear- ing, the County Health Officer will proceed to abate such nuisance, -1-