1921.04 EXTERMINATION.

        (a)    Every occupant of a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any rodents, vermin, or other pests therein or on the property.

   (b)   Every occupant of a dwelling unit in a building containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested, except that whenever such infestation is caused by the failure of the owner or operator to carry out the provisions of this Housing Code, as cited in Sections 1913.06, 1913.14, and 1913.23, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner or operator.

   (c)   When two (2) or more dwelling units within a building are so infested, it shall be the responsibility of the owner or operator to carry out the provisions of this Housing Code within such building, as cited above, with respect to extermination.

   (d)   When the owner or operator is applying pesticides for the purpose of extermination in a dwelling unit that is occupied by others, all laws and procedures in the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 921 (Pesticides) apply and are to be followed.

(Ord. 2022-4-26. Passed 4-13-22; Ord. 2023-9-82. Passed 9-27-23.)