CROSS REFERENCE: For provisions pertaining to exterminators and insecticides, see Section 16:19-1.
For provisions in Housing Code pertaining to vermin control,
see Sections 18:4-1.4 and 18:3-1.7.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-1]
As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided for or unless
otherwise shown by the context:
Shall mean any structure, whether public or private, that
is adapted for occupancy, for transaction of business, for rendering
of professional service, for amusement, for the display, sale or storage
of goods, wares or merchandise, or for the performance of work or
labor, including hotels, apartment buildings, multi-family dwellings,
office buildings, public buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants,
grain elevators, abattoirs, warehouses, workshops, factories and all
outhouses, sheds, barns and other structures on premises used for
business purposes.
Shall mean the individual, partnership or corporation that
has the use of or occupies any business building or a part or fraction
thereof, whether the actual owner or tenant. In the case of vacant
business buildings or any vacant portion of a business building the
owner, agent or other person having custody of the building shall
have the responsibility of an occupant of a building.
Shall mean the actual owner of the building, whether individual,
partnership or corporation, or the agent of the building, or other
person having custody of the building or to whom the rent is paid.
In the case of business buildings leased with a clause in the lease
specifying that the lessee is responsible for maintenance and repairs,
the lessee will be considered in such cases as the "owner" for the
purpose of this chapter.
Shall mean the elimination of extermination of rats within
buildings so that the buildings are completely freed of rats or there
is no evidence of rat infestation remaining, by any or all of the
accepted measures, such as poisoning, fumigation, trapping, clubbing,
and other accepted means.
Shall mean any condition which provides shelter or protection
for rats, thus favoring their multiplication and continued existence
in, under or outside a structure of any kind.
Shall mean a form of construction to prevent the ingress
of rats into buildings from the exterior or from one building or establishment
to another. It consists essentially of treating with material impervious
to rat gnawing all actual or potential openings in the exterior walls,
ground or first floors, basements, roof and foundations, that may
be reached by rats from the ground by climbing or by burrowing.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-2]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any premises
within the City to maintain such premises in a vermin or rat infested
condition or to permit any such premises to become infested with vermin
or rodents.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-3]
After October 27, 1952, no building or structure shall be erected,
repaired, altered or extended unless provision is made for ratproofing
such structure.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-4]
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to cause an inspection
of any premises in the City which he/she has good reason to believe
is not in a ratproof condition.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-5]
The Director shall have the power to promulgate such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this
chapter.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-6]
After the owner or occupant of any premises inspected pursuant to Section 16:20-4 of this chapter has been notified by the Health Officer that such premises are vermin or rat infested it shall be the duty of such owner or occupant to take immediate measures to remedy the condition.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-7]
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, damage or destroy
any part of any building or other appurtenance of improved real estate
premises, intended to protect such premises against ingress of rats,
or in any other way to create a condition by which ingress for rats
is made possible; provided, that this section shall not apply where
the interference with the ratproofing is made necessary in connection
with a lawful construction, in which event, however, the ratproofing
shall be promptly restored.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 14:8-8; Ord.
No. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a.
No person shall throw, place or deposit or permit any person under
his/her control or employment to throw, place or deposit any putrid
substances, night soil, filth of any kind, garbage, rubbish, refuse
piles, old lumber or other rat harborage or any unwholesome or combustible
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 approval and consent of the Director.
b.
A reward of $150 shall be paid to any person or persons providing
information leading to the detection and apprehension of any person
found guilty of violating paragraph a of this section. The reward
is to be payable after conviction out of a fund established for this
purpose, but no such reward may be paid to any public employee whose
duty is to investigate or to enforce the law. The Director of the
Department of Health and Community Wellness is authorized to award
the reward with the consent of the Municipal Council.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For procedure to compel the removal of waste matter from private lands, see Section 18:4-1 et seq. of these Revised General Ordinances.
For additional provisions pertaining to littering of public places, see Section 29:20-1 et seq. of these Revised General Ordinances.
For garbage as health nuisance, see Section 16:15-1.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-9]
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 where it is accessible to
rats.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:8-10]
It shall be the duty of any person engaged in the demolition
of any structure in the City to first secure permission from the Health
Officer before the commencement of such demolition. Any building infested
with rodents and insects shall be treated with an effective fumigating
compound before such demolition begins.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For requirements pertaining to demolition of
Buildings, see Title VII, State Uniform Construction Code.
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