[Ord. No. 483,
§§ 800.1—800.4, 5-16-1966]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
indicated meanings:
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 health
officer 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 other person who has the use or
custody of the same or any part thereof, whether an individual, partnership
or corporation.
RODENT-PROOFING
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.
[Ord. No. 483,
§ 801.1, 5-16-1966]
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, wood piles or any other material which may
afford harborage or provide food for rodents, insects or other pest-life.
[Ord. No. 483,
§§ 802.1—802.3, 5-16-1966]
(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
food on 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 waste materials shall be
placed in approved water-tight 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.
[Ord. No. 483,
§§ 803.1—803.3, 5-16-1966; Ord. No. 1154, § 6, 4-11-1994]
(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 health officer
until there is no evidence of an infestation remaining.
(b) No building shall be demolished until the code enforcement officer
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 code enforcement officer may, in his discretion, order the person
in control of any inland swamp, pond, creek, pool, lake, 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.
[Ord. No. 483,
§§ 804.1—804.3, 5-16-1966; Ord. No. 1154, § 7, 4-11-1994]
(a) Whenever conditions inside, outside or under any building or buildings
or on any lot or premises provide harborage for rats, the code enforcement
officer may require all or any one or more buildings or premises to
be rodent proofed and harborages removed.
(b) The person in control of a building or premises required to be rodent
proofed shall maintain the rodent proofing in good repair. No person
shall injure the rodent proofing. When the rodent proofing is injured
in the course of making alterations, installations, additions or repairs
to the building, the person in control shall restore the rodent proofing
in good condition.
(c) No person shall undertake to remodel or alter any existing building
or portion thereof for the purpose of rodent proofing without first
submitting plans for approval to the code enforcement officer.