[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A person who uses insecticides, rodenticides or any other
substances or mechanical devices, other than fumigants, under whatever
name known, for the destruction or control of insects, vermin, rodents
or other pests.
Includes any substance which, by itself or in combination
with any other substance, emits or liberates a gas or gases, fumes
or vapors, which gas or gases, fumes or vapors, when liberated and
used for the destruction or control of insects, vermin, rodents or
other pests, are lethal, poisonous noxious or dangerous to human life.
A person competently trained and experienced in the use of
fumigants.
All members of the class Insecta, except the orders Lepidoptera
and Hymenoptera, but shall include the following orders of the class
Arachnida: Acarina, Araneida and Scorpionida.
Includes any substance, not a fumigant, under whatever name
known, used for the destruction or control of insects or other similar
pests.
Includes any substance, not a fumigant, under whatever name
known, whether poisonous or otherwise, used for the destruction or
control of rodents.
No person in responsible charge of any building, structure or
property within the City of Yonkers shall maintain such building,
structure or property in an insect- or rodent-infested condition or
permit any such building, structure or property to become infested
with insects or rodents.
The Director of the Bureau of Housing and Buildings shall cause
an inspection to be made of any building, structure or property which
he has good reason to believe is not free from an insect or rodent
condition. If such building, structure or property is found to be
insect- or rodent-infested, a notice shall be served upon such owner
to correct such infestation. The owner, being so notified that such
insect or rodent infestation exists, shall take immediate and necessary
measures to remedy such condition.
No person shall remove, damage or destroy any part of any building,
structure or other appurtenance of improved real estate premises intended
to protect such premises against ingress of rodents nor in any way
create a condition by which ingress for rodents is made possible,
provided that this section shall not apply where the interference
with such ratproofing is made necessary in connection with lawful
construction promptly restored.
No person shall throw, place or deposit or permit any person
or employee to throw, place or deposit any putrid substance, night
soil, filth of any kind, garbage, refuse, piles, rubbish, old lumber
piles or other rodent harborage or 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
of Yonkers.
No person shall place food for the feeding of birds, fowl or
other animals in the open or in such a manner that such food is accessible
to rodents except if such food is placed in such containers as will
prevent the scattering of such food upon the ground and after such
feeding the food shall not be allowed to remain where it is accessible
to rodents.
No person shall fumigate any building, structure or other enclosed
space in the City of Yonkers without first giving 24 hours' notice
of such fumigation to the Director of the Bureau of Housing and Buildings,
the Fire Department and the Police Department. Notification shall
include the location of the building, structure or enclosed space
to be fumigated as well as its character and use, the type of fumigant,
the date and time when such fumigation will be performed and the approximate
time of completion.
No building, structure or enclosed space shall be occupied by
human beings during the period of fumigation, and all necessary precautions
and examinations shall be taken previous to such fumigation to assure
that no person remains therein, and also all necessary precautions
shall be taken to safeguard the lives and health of all persons occupying
buildings adjoining that in which the fumigation is to be performed.
No person shall use any rodenticide or insecticide poisonous
to human life without first having given notice of 24 hours to the
Director of the Bureau of Housing and Buildings of such use. The use
of sodium flouro-acetate (1080) is prohibited.
Failure on the part of a fumigator, exterminator or pest-control
operator to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the standards
of operation adopted by the Director of the Bureau of Housing and
Buildings for the use of such fumigants, rodenticides or insecticides
shall be cause for revocation of permit.
Any violation of any provision of this chapter or violation
of a lawful abatement order shall constitute a Class II offense.
