No owner or occupant of any premises within the city shall maintain such premises in a vermin- or rat-infested condition or permit such premises to become infested with vermin or rodents, or create or permit to exist any condition likely to promote or contribute to infestation.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 100, Housing and Property Maintenance.
No building or structure shall be erected, repaired, altered or extended after the effective date of this chapter unless provision is made for ratproofing such structure.[1]
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Editor's Note: For provisions on building construction generally, see Ch. 70, Building Construction.
No person shall remove, damage or destroy any part of any building or other appurtenance of improved premises intended to protect such premises against ingress of rats, or in any other way create a condition by which ingress of rats is made possible; provided, however, that this section shall not be applicable where the interference with ratproofing is made necessary in connection with lawful construction, after which, however, ratproofing shall be restored.
No person shall throw, place or deposit, or permit any person under his control or employment to throw, place or deposit, any putrid substance, night soil, filth of any kind, garbage, rubbish, refuse piles, old lumber or other rat harborage of any unwholesome material in or upon any vacant lot, alley, lane, sidewalk or street, canal, lake or river, or upon any private lot or public ground within the city without the written approval of the Health Department.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 109, Littering.
No person shall place food in the open for the feeding of any domesticated fowl, birds or animals except in such containers as will prevent the scattering of such food upon the ground. After such feeding, such food shall not be allowed to remain in the open.
No building or structure infested with rodents or insects shall be demolished unless it has first been treated with an effective fumigating compound before such demolition begins.[1]
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Editor's Note: For provisions on demolition of buildings generally, see Ch. 70, Building Construction.