(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump or permit to accumulate any garbage, rubbish or trash in any building, vehicle and their surrounding areas in the town so that the same shall or may afford food or harborage for rats.
(B) All food and feed kept within the town for feeding chickens, cows, pigs, horses and other animals shall be kept and stored in rat-free and rat-proof containers, compartments or rooms unless kept in a rat-proof building.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit to accumulate on any premises, improved or vacant, or on any open lot or alley in the town any lumber, boxes, barrels, bricks, stones or similar materials that may be permitted to remain thereon, unless the materials shall be placed on open racks that are elevated not less than 12 inches above the ground and evenly piled or stacked so that these materials will not offer harborage for rats.
(1985 Code, § 26-205) (Am. Ord. 2020-04, passed 1-21-2020) Penalty, see § 94.99