1117.18 PEST CONTROL.
   (a)   Ground, building and structures shall be maintained free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination methods and other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform with the requirements of the health authority.
   (b)   Parks shall be maintained free of accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other pests.
   (c)   Storage areas shall be so maintained as to prevent rodent harborage; lumber, pipe and other building material shall be stored at least eighteen (18) inches above the ground.
   (d)   Where the potential for insect and rodent infestation exists, all exterior openings in or beneath any structure shall be appropriately screened with wire mesh or other suitable materials.
   (e)   The growth of brush, weeds and grass shall be controlled to prevent harborage of ticks, chiggers, and other noxious insects. Parks shall be so maintained as to prevent the growth of ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and other noxious weeds considered detrimental to health. Open areas shall be maintained free of heavy undergrowth of any description; for exception, see buffer zone requirements of Section 1117.06 "General Requirements."
(Ord. 30-22. Passed 12-12-22.)