It is hereby required that all business buildings in the city shall be ratproofed, freed of rats, and maintained in a ratproof and rat-free condition to the satisfaction of the health officer.
(1987 Code, sec. 6-96)
Curb or farmers’ markets in which fruit or vegetables or any other products are exposed and offered for sale, on racks, stands, or platforms and in or outside of business buildings, shall have floors paved with concrete or asphalt for the entire surface area of the market. Display racks, stands or platforms on which fruit or vegetables or any other food products are displayed or offered for sale shall be of sufficient height that all such fruits, vegetables or other food products shall be kept at a distance of not less than twenty-four (24) inches above the floor pavement and be so constructed that rats cannot harbor therein or thereunder.
(1987 Code, sec. 6-97)
All food and feed within the city for feeding chickens, cows, pigs, horses, and other animals shall be stored in rat-free and ratproof containers, compartments, or rooms unless stored in a ratproof building.
(1987 Code, sec. 6-98)
(a) 
Within the corporate limits of the city, all garbage or refuse consisting of waste animal or vegetable matter upon which rats may feed, and all small dead animals, shall be placed and stored until collected in covered metal containers of a type approved by the health officer. It is further declared unlawful for any person to dump or place on any premises, land or waterway, any dead animals, or any waste vegetable or animal matter of any kind.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump, or permit to accumulate any garbage, rubbish, or trash in any building or on any premises, improved or vacant, or on any open lot, street or alley in the city, so that the same shall or may afford food or harborage for rats, except under the direction of the health officer.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit to accumulate on any premises, improved or vacant, or on any open lot or alley in the city, any lumber, boxes, barrels, bottles, cans, containers or similar materials that may be permitted to remain thereon unless the same shall be placed on open racks that are elevated not less than eighteen (18) inches above the ground, and evenly piled or stacked.
(1987 Code, sec. 6-99)