Section 27-2017
§ 27-2017 Definitions. When used in this article:
(a) Eradication means the elimination of rodents or insects and other
pests from any premises through the use of traps, poisons, fumigation or
any other method of extermination.
(b) Insects and other pests include the members of class insecta,
including houseflies, lice, bees, cockroaches, moths, silverfish,
beetles, bedbugs, ants, termites, hornets, mosquitoes and wasps, and
such members of the phylum arthropoda as spiders, mites, ticks,
centipedes and wood lice.
(c) Harborage means any condition which provides shelter or protection
for rodents or insects and other pests.
Section 27-2018
§ 27-2018 Rodent and insect eradication; mandatory extermination. a.
The owner or occupant in control of a dwelling shall keep the premises
free from rodents, and from infestations of insects and other pests, and
from any condition conducive to rodent or insect and other pest life.
b. When any premises are subject to infestation by rodents or insects
and other pests, the owner or occupant in control shall apply continuous
eradication measures.
c. When the department makes the determination that any premises are
infested by rodents, insects or other pests, it may order such
eradication measures as the department deems necessary.
Section 27-2018.1
§ 27-2018.1 Notice of bedbug infestation history. a. For housing
accommodations subject to this code, an owner shall furnish to each
tenant signing a vacancy lease, a notice in a form promulgated or
approved by the state division of housing and community renewal that
sets forth the property's bedbug infestation history for the previous
year regarding the premises rented by the tenant and the building in
which the premises are located.
b. Upon written complaint, in a form promulgated or approved by the
division of housing and community renewal, by the tenant that he or she
was not furnished with a copy of the notice required pursuant to
subdivision a of this section, the division of housing and community
renewal shall order the owner to furnish the notice.
Section 27-2019
§ 27-2019 Elimination of harborages. All building material, lumber,
boxes, cartons, barrels, containers, machinery, raw material, fabricated
goods, junk, food, animal feed and any other substance which may afford
harborage or provide food for such rodents or insects and other pests
shall be kept stored or handled by the owner and tenants of every
dwelling in such manner as the department may require. The department
may make orders to eliminate rat harborages to the person who is
responsible for the conditions. The department shall uncover and inspect
periodically all structural harborages which cannot be eliminated from
dwellings.
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