SECTION:
9.64.010: Definitions
9.64.020: Ratproofing; Standards And Specifications
9.64.030: Ratproofing; Owner Responsibility
9.64.040: Closing Of Openings Required
9.64.050: Building Plan Review
9.64.060: Construction Or Repair Of Buildings
9.64.070: Food Storage Buildings; Compliance Required
9.64.080: Food Containers For Animals; Ratproofing
9.64.090: Wire And Guy Wire Ratproofing
9.64.100: Building Maintenance
9.64.110: Inspection For Compliance
9.64.120: Notice To Comply; Issuance; Effect
9.64.130: Work Performed By City When; Costs
9.64.140: Buildings; Closure For Abatement Authorized When
9.64.150: Buildings; Destruction Authorized When
9.64.160: Stacking Of Loose Materials Prohibited
9.64.170: Trash Accumulations Prohibited
9.64.180: Garbage; Covered Containers Required
9.64.190: Garbage; Dumping Prohibited
For the purposes of this chapter, the following phrases, terms and words shall have the meanings given in this section:
BUSINESS BUILDING: Any structure, whether public or private, regardless of the type of material used in its construction, located within the boundaries of the city, that is adapted to occupancy for the transaction of business, whether vacant or occupied, for the rendering of professional services, or for the display, sale or storage of goods, wares or merchandise, or for the performance of work or labor, including hotels, rooming houses, boarding houses, apartment houses, taverns, breweries, office buildings, public buildings, stores, markets, restaurants, grain elevators, abattoirs, warehouses, workshops, factories, junkyards, scrap iron businesses or places, lumberyards, coal yards, automobile tire yards, sheds or buildings used for the storage of tires, and any or all similar places.
HEALTH OFFICER: The director of health of the board of health, or any duly authorized representative.
OCCUPANT: The individual, partnership or corporation that uses or occupies any building, or part or fraction thereof, whether as the actual owner or tenant. In case of vacant buildings or vacant portions thereof, the owner, agent or custodian shall have the responsibility of an occupant.
OWNER: The actual owner, agent or custodian of a building, whether individual, partnership or corporation. The lessee shall be construed as the "owner" for the purpose of this chapter when business or residential building agreements hold the lessee responsible for maintenance and repairs.
RAT ERADICATION: The elimination or extermination of rats within buildings or premises by any or all of the accepted measures, such as poisoning, fumigation, trapping, clubbing, etc.
RAT HARBORAGE: Any condition that provides shelter or protection for rats, thus favoring their multiplication and continued existence in, under or outside of any structure.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING: Any structure built for occupancy for living quarters.
VENT STOPPAGE OR RATPROOFING: A form of ratproofing to prevent the ingress of rats into buildings from the exterior or from one building to another. (1999 Code)
A. Closing Of Openings: Ratproofing consists of the closing and keeping closed of all openings in the exterior walls, grounds or first floors, basements, roofs, sidewalk gratings, sidewalk openings, foundations, elevator shafts, fire escapes, and other places that may be reached and entered by rats by climbing, burrowing or otherwise.
B. Material: The material to be used for ratproofing shall include cement, concrete, brick masonry laid in cement, concrete mortar, sheet metal, and hardware cloth of not less than nineteen (19) gauge having a mesh not larger than one-half inch (1/2"). All material for ratproofing shall be of such strength and thickness as to be impervious to rat gnawing.
C. Windows And Doors: Windows and other openings for light or ventilation, the seals of which are less than thirty inches (30") from the ground or accessible to rats by means of climbing wires or pipes, shall, if open, be covered by hardware cloth conforming to the above gauge and dimensions. All exterior doors shall be protected against the gnawing of rats by the use of materials prescribed above. When closed, all exterior doors shall have a maximum clearance between doors, doorsills and jambs of not exceeding three-eighths inch (3/8"). In all side and rear doors that are left open at night and those that are left open during the day, but infrequently used, shall be installed hardware cloth doors conforming to the above dimensions and equipped with a self-closing device. All concrete floors and curtain walls shall be at least four inches (4") in thickness. (1999 Code)
Loading...