[Ord. 1141, 6/15/1971, § 1; as amended by Ord.
1717, 1/11/1994, § 3]
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.
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 part thereof, whether an individual, partner
ship 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, 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.
