The following conditions are found and declared to be conducive to harboring mice and rots and are hereby declared to be nuisances and prohibited.
(a) Broken, cracked or defective ceilings, walls, floors or foundations, in which there are holes or cracks of a size sufficient to permit a rat or mouse to pass through.
(b) Materials, including rubbish, piled, stored or kept on the premises, into, among or under which rats or mice have burrowed or may burrow.
(c) Buildings, foundations of buildings, appurtenances to buildings, floors, walks or driveways under which mice or rats have burrowed.
(d) Portable buildings, boxes, crates and materials, including rubbish, piled, stored or kept so that they rest directly on the ground surface or less than eight inches above such surface.
(e) Garbage containers without watertight tops, sides and bottoms or without tightly fitting tops or around or under which mice or rats have burrowed or may burrow.
(f) Feeding of wild animals, birds or other wildlife, other than in suitable containers for food, elevated at least forty-eight inches above the ground level.
(Ord. 59-08. Passed 7-21-2008.)
(a) No owner, lessee or occupant of any premises in or upon which any condition prohibited in Section 1779.01 exists, shall fail or refuse to abate the same within seven days after being notified to do so, as hereinafter provided.
(b) In the event of a second citation for a violation of any provision of this chapter within six calendar months of a previous citation, the notice requirement under this chapter shall be twenty-four hours for correction, as opposed to the seven days required under subsection (a) hereof. (Ord. 59-08. Passed 7-21-2008.)
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