As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ERADICATION
The elimination of rodents or insects 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 Board
of Health, subject to applicable laws relating 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 or the agent or occupant
of a building, lot or premises or any other person who has the use
or custody of the same or any part thereof, whether an individual,
partnership, corporation or other entity.
RODENTPROOFING
The treatment or shielding with material impervious to rodent
gnawing of all actual or potential openings in the interior and exterior,
walls, ground or first floors, roofs, foundations, basements, sidewalk
gratings, and other places that may be reached by rodents from the
ground or by climbing or borrowing.
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 casual water, garbage, building material, brush, wood piles, or
any other material stored less then 16 inches above the ground which
may afford harborage or provide food for rodents, insects or other
pest life.