(A) All buildings, lots, and premises shall be kept free of infestation or harborage. The person in control shall not allow the accumulation of water, refuse, garbage, or other harborage.
(B) Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, and/or rodents, on the premises; and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this division, whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rodent proof or reasonable insect proof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(C) When any buildings, lots, or premises are so infested, the person in control shall utilize extermination measures in the manner prescribed by law, regulation or manufacturer's directions; provided, however, that the extermination measures prohibited by federal, state or local law or regulation shall not be utilized.
(D) If the person in control of any buildings, lots, or premises is notified in writing as provided and fails to comply with the provisions of this article within ten days, the Mayor may cause such harborage to be removed or have such infestation abated. The actual cost of removal or abatement plus any other penalties or costs allowed by law in connection therewith, under any of the circumstances herein set out, shall become a lien upon the property from which such removal of harborage or abatement of infestation occurs.
('74 Code, § 6-18-6) (Ord. 2028; Am. Ord. 80-1977)