[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Darby 12-1-1982 by Ord. No. 616, approved 12-1-1982. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to eliminate insects, rodents
and other pests from any building, lot or premises in the Borough
of Darby. The Code Enforcement Officer of the Borough of Darby is
hereby directed to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The elimination of rodents or insects and any 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 Borough, 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, or the agent or representative
of a building, lot or premises.
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, sidewalks,
gratings and other places that may be reached by rodents from the
ground or by climbing or burrowing.
All buildings, lots or premises in this 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 water,
garbage, building material, brush, woodpiles and any other material
which may afford harborage or provide food for rodents, insects or
other pest life.
A.
No person in control of property and/or buildings 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 feed 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 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 Borough until
there is no evidence of an infestation remaining.
B.
No building shall be demolished until the Borough certifies that
the building and premises are free from the infestation of rodents,
insects or 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 Borough
may require all or any one or more 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 or damage the rodentproofing. When the rodentproofing is injured
or damaged in the course of making alterations, installations, additions
or repairs to the building, the person in control shall restore the
rodentproofing in good condition.
C.
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 Borough.
If, after inspection by the Code Enforcement Officer of the
Borough of Darby, it is determined that there is a violation of the
provisions of this chapter, the person who owns, occupies or is in
control and in charge of the premises shall be given written notice
by personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested, by
the Code Enforcement Officer, that the person is in violation of the
said chapter. Such person shall, within 10 days after being so notified,
make the necessary changes in the premises, lot or building to eliminate
the violation and shall further take the necessary eradication measures
in order to eliminate and exterminate the rodents, insects and other
pests.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a
term of not more than 30 days. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
