Louisville Metro Code Chapter 156 property-maintenance provisions require owners to keep buildings free of rodents, roaches, bedbugs, and other pests; Public Health & Wellness and Codes & Regulations share enforcement when infestations affect occupant health.
Property owners and operators must maintain buildings, including basements, crawl spaces, and shared areas, in a rodent- and pest-proof condition. Tenants are responsible for maintaining unit cleanliness that does not encourage infestation, but landlords carry primary duty for structural pest exclusion and eradication of pre-existing infestations. Louisville Metro Codes & Regulations responds to complaints, performs inspections, and can issue notices of violation requiring owner-funded extermination by a Kentucky-licensed pest control operator. KY Department of Agriculture licenses applicators under KRS Chapter 217B. Bedbug outbreaks in multi-family buildings often trigger building-wide treatment plans with tenant cooperation requirements.
Civil citations under Chapter 156, daily fines, and possible designation of the property as unfit for habitation if extermination is refused or fails repeatedly.
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