CHAPTER 211 – VERMIN AND RODENT INFESTATION

211.01   Declaration of Nuisance

211.02   Prevention and Eradication Order

211.03   Abatement by City Forces; Cost Recovery

211.04   Rules and Regulations

Cross-reference:
   Food handling premises to be free of insects and rodents, CO 241.09
   Garbage, refuse, waste accumulations prevented from causing rodent infestation, CO 203.07

§ 211.01 Declaration of Nuisance

   The permitting of any premises or place to become vermin or rodent infested is hereby declared a nuisance and unlawful.

(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)

§ 211.02 Prevention and Eradication Order

   (a)   All building materials, lumber, boxes, machinery, containers, raw material, junk and any other substance which may provide harborage for insects or rodents shall be kept, stored or handled in a manner acceptable to the Commissioner of Environmental Health.

   (b)   When any area, building, lot, premises or other place is infected by insects or rodents, the Commissioner shall issue a written order requiring the owner, agent, or lessee or person in control of such building or premises to take such measures as the Commissioner deems necessary to eradicate and prevent such infestation.

(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)

§ 211.03 Abatement by City Forces; Cost Recovery

   If the owner, agent, lessee or person in control of such building or premises fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the order of the Commissioner of Environmental Health to abate such nuisance, the Commissioner may cause the abatement of such nuisance. In addition to any penalty provided by law, the costs incurred by the City in the abatement of such nuisance shall be recoverable in appropriate legal action instituted by the Director of Law.

(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)