As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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
and subject to applicable laws relating to poisonous substances and
fumigants.
Any condition which provides shelter or protection for rodents,
insects or other pest life.
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 other person who has the use or
custody of the same or any part thereof whether an individual, partnership
or corporation.
The treatment or shielding, with material impervious to rodent-gnawing,
of all actual or potential openings in the exterior and interior 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 burrowing.
All buildings, lots or premises in the Township
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 water, garbage, building material, brush, woodpiles or any other
material which may afford harborage or provide food for rodents, insects
or other pest life.
A.
No person in control shall feed wild birds other than
in suitable properly shielded containers for the food, installed in
such a manner as to be inaccessible to rodents and to prevent the
scattering of the food upon the ground.
B.
No person shall place food in the open for the feeding
of any domesticated fowl or animal except in a container which will
prevent the scattering of the food upon the ground. Unconsumed food
shall not be allowed to remain where it is accessible to rodents,
insects or other pest life.
C.
All garbage shall be wrapped. Garbage and water material
shall be placed in approved watertight containers with tight-fitting
lids and stored in such a manner as not to create an attraction or
harborage for rodents, insects or other pest life.
A.
When any building, lot or premises is subject to infestation
by rodents, insects or other pest life, the person in control shall
apply continuous or repeated eradication measures as required by the
Board until there is no evidence of an infestation remaining.
B.
No building shall be demolished until the Board certifies
to the Building Regulations Department of the Township that the building
and premises are free from the infestation of rodents, insects or
other pest life.
C.
The Board may in its discretion order the person in
control of any inland swamp, pond, creek, lake, pool, sunken lot,
quarry, abandoned excavation or any other place where stagnant water
may collect to fill in or drain the same or to employ other methods
to prevent the breeding of insects and other pest life.
A.
Whenever conditions inside, outside or under any building
or buildings or on any lot or premises provide harborage for rats,
the Board may require all buildings or premises to be rodentproofed
and harborages removed.
B.
The person in control of a building or premises required
to be rodentproofed shall maintain the rodentproofing in good repair.
No person shall injure the rodentproofing. When the rodentproofing
is injured in the course of making alterations, installations, additions
or repairs to the building, the person in control shall restore the
rodentproofing to a good condition.
C.
Foundation walls for frame construction shall extend at least 12 inches above the finished grade in accordance with Chapter 92, Building Construction and Floodplain Management, or any amendments thereto.
D.
No person shall undertake to remodel or alter any
existing building or portion thereof for the purpose of rodentproofing
without first submitting plans for approval to the Board.
