Lubbock Code Chapter 18 (Health and Sanitation) requires property owners to prevent rodent and insect harborage. Licensed commercial applicators must hold a Texas Structural Pest Control Service license from TDA.
Lubbock relies on the Texas Department of Agriculture Structural Pest Control Service for licensing of commercial applicators under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1951. Property owners must eliminate conditions conducive to rats, mosquitoes, roaches, and bed bugs when cited by Lubbock Code Enforcement under Chapter 18. The City participates in West Nile Virus surveillance with the Lubbock Public Health Department, which sets larvicide treatments in playa lakes and storm drains during mosquito season (April through October). Bed bug complaints in rental housing are investigated jointly by Code Enforcement and Vector Control; landlords must hire a licensed exterminator within 10 days of a confirmed infestation.
Failure to abate pest harborage: 10-day notice, then administrative abatement with lien and 500 dollar civil penalty.
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