Lakewood Property Maintenance Code (Chapter 1351) requires owners to keep structures free of rats, roaches, and bedbugs. Cuyahoga County Board of Health handles West Nile mosquito complaints.
Under Codified Ordinances 1351.08 every occupant of a structure containing a single dwelling is responsible for extermination. In multi-unit buildings the owner is responsible when two or more units are infested. Lakewood Housing Inspectors respond to complaints and can order licensed exterminator treatment. Bedbug disclosure is not state-mandated in Ohio, but Lakewood inspectors will cite owners who fail to treat. Rodent harborage from uncut grass, trash accumulation, or woodpiles is enforced jointly with the Health Department.
Initial notice gives 30 days to abate. Non-compliance results in city-contracted extermination with costs assessed to property taxes plus a 15 percent administrative fee.
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