7-28-840 Condominium and cooperative buildings – Plan for treatment of bed bugs.

   (a)   No later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, the governing association of a condominium or cooperative building shall prepare a pest management plan for the detection, inspection and treatment of bed bugs in the building. The plan shall include the provisions of Section 7-28-830(c).

   (b)   The governing association shall maintain written records of any pest control measures in the building performed by a pest management professional retained by the governing association and any report prepared by the pest management professional. The plan and records shall be: (1) maintained either on-site in the building or at the property management office; (2) maintained for three years; and (3) open to inspection upon request by authorized city personnel, including but not limited to employees of the departments of health and buildings.

   (c)   Every owner of condominium unit or a lessee with a proprietary lease in a cooperative shall immediately notify, in writing, the governing association of any known or reasonably suspected bed bug infestation in the presence of the unit or cooperative, clothing, furniture or other personal property located in the unit or cooperative, and cooperate with the governing association in the control, treatment and eradication of bed bug infestation found or suspected to be in the unit or cooperative.

   (d)   For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:

      “Condominium unit” or “unit” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 13-72-010.

      “Cooperative building” means a building or buildings and the tract, lot, or parcel on which the building or buildings are located and fee title to the land and building or buildings is owned by a corporation or other legal entity in which the shareholders or other co-owners each also have a long-term proprietary lease or other long-term arrangement of exclusive possession for a specific unit of occupancy space located within the same building or buildings.

      “Cooperative” is an individual dwelling unit within a cooperative building.

      “Governing association” means the board of managers of a condominium homeowners' association or the board of directors of a cooperative building.

   (e)   The commissioner shall prepare and post on the health department's publicly accessible website a sample plan for the detection, inspection and treatment of bed bugs for the governing association of condominium or cooperative building. The sample plan shall set forth the best practices for the detection and treatment of bed bugs in such buildings.

(Added Coun. J. 6-5-13, p. 55787, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-14, p. 85543, § 1)

Editor's note – Per Coun. J. 6-5-13, p. 55787, § 6, §§ 7-28-810 – 7-28-900 become effective on 12-23-13.