§ 8-205. Affording food or harborage for rats.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump or permit to accumulate any garbage, rubbish or trash in any structure or vacant or unimproved lands or premises which may afford food or harborage for rats.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to permit to accumulate on any premises in the City, improved or vacant, any lumber, boxes, barrels, bricks, stones or similar materials that may be permitted to remain thereon unless the materials shall be placed on open racks that are elevated not less than 18 inches above the ground and evenly piled or stacked so that the materials will not afford harborage for rats. This prohibition shall not apply to businesses that store materials outside which are for sale (e.g., lumberyards) so long as such storage does not create a harborage for rats.

(Code 1973, § 18-18; Code 1992, § 14-29)