[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 1; as amended by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
ERADICATION
The elimination of rodents or insect 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 Code Enforcement Department and subject to applicable laws relating to poisonous substances and fumigants.
HARBORAGE
Any condition which provides shelter or protection for rodents, insects or other pest life.
PERSON IN CONTROL
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 part thereof, whether an individual, partner ship or corporation.
RODENT-PROOFING
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, grating and other places that may be reached by rodents from the ground or by climbing or burrowing.
[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 2]
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 trash, water, garbage, building material, brush, wood piles or any other material which may afford harborage or provide food for rodents, insects or other pest life.
[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 3]
1. 
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 feed on the ground.
2. 
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.
3. 
All garbage and waste material shall be placed in nonleaking metal or plastic 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.
[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1205, 2/11/1975, § 1; and by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
1. 
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 Code Enforcement Department until there is no evidence of an infestation remaining.
2. 
No building shall be demolished until the Code Enforcement Department determines to the Building Inspector of the Borough that the building and premises are free from the infestation of rodents, insects or other pest life. The demolition and full cleanup of all materials and debris shall be completed within from 30 days to 90 days of the issuance of the demolition permit as specified by the Building Inspector on the demolition permit, the length of time so specified to be determined in the discretion of the Building Inspector who shall take into account the size of the structure and the various materials contained in the structure to be demolished.
3. 
The Code Enforcement Department may, in its discretion, order the person in control of any 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.
[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 5; as amended by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
1. 
Whenever conditions inside, outside or under any building or buildings, or on any lot or premises provide harborage for rats, the Code Enforcement Department may require all or any one or more buildings or premises to be rodent-proofed and harborages removed.
2. 
The person in control of a building or premises required to be rodent-proofed shall maintain the rodent-proofing in good repair. No person shall injure the rodent-proofing. When the rodent-proofing is injured in the course of making alterations, installations, additions or repairs to the building, the person in control shall restore the rodent-proofing in good condition.
3. 
No person shall undertake to remodel or alter any existing building or portion thereof, for the purpose of rodent-proofing, without first submitting plans for approval to the Code Enforcement Department.
[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 6; as amended by Ord. 1272, 8/10/1976, § 1; by Ord. 1607, 11/14/1989, § 2; and by Ord. 1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part or any order or regulation of the Code Enforcement Department pursuant to the provisions of this Part, or who resists or interferes with any officer or agent of the Code Enforcement Department in the performance of his duties under this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.