(a) Rubbish and garbage storage and disposal.
(1) Yards and courts within the premises of any housing shall be kept clean and free of rubbish, trash, garbage, debris, litter or unstacked wood.
(2) All housing shall be supplied with approved containers and covers for storage of rubbish, as required by town ordinances, and the owner of such housing shall be responsible for the removal of rubbish.
(3) Every dwelling and every dwelling unit shall be supplied with an approved garbage disposal facility, which may be an adequate mechanical garbage disposal unit (mechanical sink grinder) in each dwelling unit, or an approved outside garbage can as required by town ordinances.
(b) Drainage. Every yard shall be properly graded in order to obtain thorough drainage and to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water.
(c) Noxious weeds. Every yard and all exterior property areas shall be kept free of species of weeds or plant growth which are noxious or detrimental to health.
(d) Infestation.
(1) Every occupant of housing consisting of a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises.
(2) Any occupant of housing containing more than one dwelling shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his unit is the only one infested.
(3) If infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain housing in a rodentproof or reasonably insectproof condition, or if infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any housing in the shared or public parts of any housing containing two or more units, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(e) Violations of this Section may also be enforced pursuant to applicable sections of Chapter 18 of the Town Code of Ordinances.
(Code 1982, § 5-208; Ord. No. 96-012, 11-14-1996; Ord. No. 2011-Code-04, 6-16-2011)