Public Health Rules in Chapel Hill, NC (2026)
1 verified public health rules for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Rodent Control
Chapel Hill's Housing Code requires basement and cellar openings that could let rodents in to be screened or otherwise sealed, and it assigns responsibility for exterminating any infestation. Under Code of Ordinances §§ 9-127 and 9-128, an owner who fails to keep a dwelling rodent-proof bears the cost of extermination, not the tenant.
Chapel Hill Rodent Control Property Standards
Some RestrictionsChapel Hill Code of Ordinances §§ 9-127, 9-128
Every basement or cellar window used or intended to be used for ventilation, and every other opening to a basement which might provide an entry for rodents, shall be supplied with screens installed or such other approved device as will effectively prevent their entrance. ... Whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rodent proof or reasonably insect proo...
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