Parma Property Maintenance Code requires owners to maintain structures free of rodents, insects, and vermin. The Cuyahoga County Board of Health handles complaints. Rat harborage on vacant or neglected properties can trigger abatement orders.
Parma Codified Ordinances Chapter 1361 (Property Maintenance) adopts the International Property Maintenance Code requiring extermination of infestations. Owners must eliminate rodent harborage, seal openings, and maintain screens. The Cuyahoga County Board of Health investigates rat complaints, bed bug infestations in rentals, and mosquito breeding. Standing water in tires, pools, and clogged gutters violates mosquito-control rules. Commercial food establishments require pest control contracts per Ohio food code. Rental landlords must respond to tenant pest complaints within reasonable time under ORC 5321.04.
Notice of violation with 10 to 30 day abatement period. Non-compliance: city may hire exterminator and assess costs to property tax. Fines $100 to $500 per violation.
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