§ 15-246. Statement of legislative purpose and declaration of special benefit.

(a)

It is the intent of these regulations to control and reduce the pestiferous arthropod population by removing, draining, treating, altering, or otherwise eliminating breeding sources for arthropods. The goal is to establish an effective program of mosquito control through such things as the elimination or treatment of breeding sources for mosquitoes, elimination of identified mosquito populations, and alleviation of all other such conditions found to be conducive to the reproduction or continued existence of pestiferous arthropods.

(b)

Due to the short durations of pestiferous arthropods' breeding cycles, it is the intent of these regulations to provide a means of abating such nuisances within a time period sufficient to prevent the breeding of additional generations of such pestiferous arthropods.

(c)

It is recognized that the elimination of pestiferous arthropod nuisances provides a financial benefit to the property on which the nuisance is abated. It is the further intent of these regulations to provide a means of allocating the cost of pestiferous arthropod nuisance abatement to the owners of the parcels on which the nuisance exists, as opposed to having the burden placed on the taxpayers of Hernando County.

(Ord. No. 2011-15, § 2, 9-13-11)