(a) The following conditions are found to be conducive to harboring rats and are hereby declared to be nuisances:
(1) Broken building tile in areaways or in the walls or foundations of garages;
(2) Building materials or rubbish dumped or stored behind garages;
(3) Garage foundations under which rats have burrowed;
(4) Underground garbage containers around or under which rats have burrowed;
(5) Portable play houses, dog houses, tool sheds and firewood resting directly on the ground surface or less than eight inches above the surface;
(6) Rubbish or garbage containers resting directly on the ground surface or less than eight inches above such surface, or within six feet of any building;
(7) Garbage containers without watertight bottoms and tightly fitting tops;
(8) Concrete or wooden garbage floors so broken that rats can burrow or have burrowed under them.
(b) No owner or occupant of any premises on which any of such conditions exists shall fail or refuse, within five days after being notified thereof by an officer or employee of the County Board of Health or the Service Department, to abate the same. In addition, such nuisance may be abated by the proper officers or employees of the City in the manner now or hereafter provided by ordinance.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 2005-31. Passed 5-2-05.)