§ 229.50. Elimination of harborages.  


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  • (a) It shall be unlawful to accumulate and store building material, lumber, boxes, cartons or other containers, machinery, scrap metal, junk, raw material, fabricated goods and other items in such manner as to become infested with rats. Where any premises are found to be infested with rats or are a rat harborage, the owner shall upon notice exterminate the rats and remove all such harborages; failure so to do shall subject such person to all the penalties of this chapter.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful to deposit or leave any garbage in a dump or dump area. All refuse, rubbish, debris or trash in dump areas shall be leveled and covered with a minimum of two (2) feet of compact earth. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 781.050)