As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The elimination of rodents or insects and other pest life
from any building, lot or premises through the use of traps, baiting,
fumigation or any other method of extermination approved by the Board
and subject to applicable laws relating to poisonous substances and
fumigants.
Any condition which provides shelter or protection for rodents,
insects or other pest life.
The owner or part owner of a building, lot or premises, whether
an individual, partnership or corporation, the agent or occupant of
a building, lot or premises or any other person who has the use or
custody of the same or any part thereof whether an individual, partnership
or corporation.
The treatment or shielding, with material impervious to rodent-gnawing,
of all actual or potential openings in the exterior and interior walls,
ground or first floors, roofs, foundations, basements, sidewalk gratings
and other places that may be reached by rodents from the ground or
by climbing or burrowing.
All buildings, lots or premises in the Borough shall be kept
free from any condition conducive to rodents, insects and other pest
life. The person in control shall not allow the accumulation of water,
garbage, building material, brush, woodpiles or any other material
which may afford harborage or provide food for rodents, insects or
other pest life.
A.
No person in control shall feed wild birds other than in suitable
properly shielded containers for the food, installed in such a manner
as to be inaccessible to rodents and to prevent the scattering of
the food upon the ground.
B.
No person shall place food in the open for the feeding of any domesticated
fowl or animal except in a container which will prevent the scattering
of the food upon the ground. Unconsumed food shall not be allowed
to remain where it is accessible to rodents, insects or other pest
life.
C.
All garbage shall be wrapped. Garbage and water material shall be
placed in approved watertight containers with tight-fitting lids and
stored in such a manner as not to create an attraction or harborage
for rodents, insects or other pest life.
A.
When any building, lot or premises is subject to infestation by rodents,
insects or other pest life, the person in control shall apply continuous
or repeated eradication measures as required by the Board or Borough
Council until there is no evidence of an infestation remaining.
B.
No building shall be demolished until the Board or Health Officer
certifies to the Building Regulations Department of the Borough that
the building and premises are free from the infestation of rodents,
insects or other pest life.
C.
The Board or Health Officer may, in its discretion, order the person
in control of any inland swamp, pond, creek, lake, pool, sunken lot,
quarry, abandoned excavation or any other place where stagnant water
may collect to fill in or drain the same or to employ other methods
to prevent the breeding of insects and other pest life.
A.
Whenever conditions inside, outside or under any building or buildings
or on any lot or premises provide harborage for rats, the Board may
require all buildings or premises to be rodentproofed and harborages
removed.
B.
The person in control of a building or premises required to be rodentproofed
shall maintain the rodentproofing in good repair. No person shall
injure the rodentproofing. When the rodentproofing is injured in the
course of making alterations, installations, additions or repairs
to the building, the person in control shall restore the rodentproofing
to a good condition.
C.
Foundation walls for frame construction shall extend at least 12 inches above the finished grade in accordance with Chapter 85, Building Construction, or any amendments thereto.
D.
No person shall undertake to remodel or alter any existing building
or portion thereof for the purpose of rodentproofing without first
submitting plans for approval to the Board.