Public Health Rules in Clovis, CA (2026)
2 verified public health rules for Clovis, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Rodent Control
Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.27.101 declares it a public nuisance to store building materials, junk, or landscape materials like dirt and gravel in a manner that harbors rodents, insects, or vermin, or to let waste and odors attract them. Property owners face written notice and mandatory abatement once code enforcement identifies the condition.
Clovis Property Rodent Nuisance Rules
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.27.101(c), (m), (r)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, renting, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any real property in the City to maintain such property in a manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon...(c) Building materials and household fixtures and equipment...stored in a manner as to harbor rodents, insects, or other vermin. (m) Landscape materials. The...
Food Handler Certification
Clovis requires anyone who handles, serves, prepares, or stores food or drink in a bakery, restaurant, hotel, tavern, or similar eating establishment, or who sanitizes utensils there, for more than thirty working days to hold a food handler's card issued by the Health Officer. Employers cannot keep an uncertified worker in that role past the thirty-day window, and the food establishment itself must separately carry a Health Officer operating permit.
Clovis Food Handler Card Requirement
Some RestrictionsClovis, CA, Municipal Code § 6.2.06
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the handling, serving, preparation, or storage of food or drink in any bakery, butcher shop, restaurant, hotel, fountain, tavern, or other eating or drinking place in the City, or in the sanitizing of utensils in any of such establishments, for a period of time longer than thirty (30) working days, or for any food establishment operator to employ...
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