As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ERADICATION
The elimination of rodents or insects and other pest life
from any structure, building, lot, parcel or premises through the
use of methods of extermination approved by the Board of Health 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 person who has the use, custody
or control of the same or any part thereof, whether an individual,
partnership or corporation.
RAT-PROOFING
The treatment or sheltering, with material impervious to
rodent-gnawing, of all actual or potential openings in the exterior
and interior walls, ground or fist floors, roofs, foundations, basements,
sidewalk gratings and other places that may be reached by rodents
from the ground or by climbing or burrowing.
[Amended 3-3-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-01]
This chapter shall be enforced by action brought
before a Magisterial District Judge in the same manner provided for
the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure. Any person who violates or permits the violation
of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be
punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such
violation continues, or is permitted to continue, shall constitute
a separate offense. Each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.