8.44.010 Created Duties and Powers.
The Bureau of Insect Control and the position of Insect Abatement Supervisor
are hereby recreated and reaffirmed. The Bureau shall have in its charge
the controlling of all nuisances created by earwigs, elm leaf beetles,
mosquitoes and all other injurious insects affecting premises, buildings, trees,
or shrubs within the corporate limits of the City. Earwigs, elm tree
beetles, mosquitoes and other injurious and harmful insects are hereby declared
to be a nuisance.
The Bureau of Insect Control shall be administered by and be under the direct
supervision of the Insect Abatement Supervisor, subject to the overall
supervision of the City Health Officer. The duties of the Insect Abatement
Supervisor shall be to supervise the eradication of earwigs, elm leaf beetles,
mosquitoes, and other injurious insects affecting premises, buildings, trees or
shrubs within the City. To that end the Insect Abatement Supervisor or his
assistants or employees in the Bureau of Insect Control shall to the full extent
permitted by law, have power and authority to enter into and upon any premises
in the City for the purpose of inspecting the same to determine the presence of
earwigs, elm leaf beetles, mosquitoes, and all other injurious insects, whether
they are on the premises or in the buildings, trees, or shrubs thereon. If
it shall be determined from inspection that any nuisances exist on any such
premises in any buildings, on any trees or shrubs, or in any other places within
the City, such Insect Abatement Supervisor shall, either directly or through his
assistants or employees in the Bureau of Insect Control, take immediate action
to abate the same in such manner as may be deemed proper to accomplish such
purpose. The Insect Abatement Supervisor shall have power and authority to
confer with and receive gratuitous service and advice from persons trained in
eradicating injurious insects. The Bureau of Insect Control shall have
power and authority to use such means, methods, materials, liquids, or poisons
as shall be determined necessary to carry out the eradication of the said
nuisances, or to use any other scientific and lawful means of eradication or
control of such nuisance.