§ 9.28.060. Prohibitions.  


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  • A.

    No person shall permit any premises, improved or unimproved on which evidence of rat infestation is found, or any lots or alleys adjacent to such property, to accumulate lumber, boxes, barrels, bricks, stones or any other character of materials that may be used as a harborage for rats unless same shall be placed on open racks and elevated not less than eighteen inches above the ground, with a clear intervening space underneath.

    B.

    It is unlawful for any person to use or maintain any business building or premises in such manner that a rat harborage is brought into existence or maintained.

    C.

    It is unlawful for any person to dump or place on any land or on any water or waterways within the city any dead animals, butchers' offal, seafood or any waste vegetables, animal matter or any food products whatsoever.

    D.

    No garbage, rubbish, waste or manure shall be placed, left, dumped or permitted to accumulate or remain in any building or premises in the city so that same shall or may afford food for or harborage or breeding place for rats. Rat burrows and other exterior harborage shall be treated as directed by the director of the department of environmental services, in accordance with accepted sanitation practice.

(Ord. 16812 § 20 (part), 2007; prior code § 12-60)