Citrus Heights addresses pest infestations through its property maintenance and nuisance provisions (CHMC Title 18 & 42). Property owners must control rodents, insects, and vermin. Licensed pest control operators must be registered with the CA Structural Pest Control Board.
Under Citrus Heights Municipal Code nuisance provisions, property owners are responsible for keeping premises free of rodents, insects, and other vermin that could affect neighboring properties or public health. Accumulations of debris, stagnant water (mosquito breeding), or food waste that attract pests can be declared a public nuisance and subject to abatement. Commercial pest control companies must be licensed by the California Structural Pest Control Board (Business & Professions Code §8500+). Fumigation requires 72-hour notice to neighbors and use of warning placards. Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District provides free vector control services in Citrus Heights. Rodent baiting must comply with EPA and CA Department of Pesticide Regulation rules restricting second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (AB 1788, 2020) in most residential settings. Tenants have pest-free habitability rights under Civil Code §1941.1.
Nuisance abatement orders; failure to comply allows city abatement with lien. Unlicensed pest control operations: misdemeanor per B&P §8550.
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