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Public Health Rules in Gulfport, FL (2026)

1 verified public health rules for Gulfport, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Rodent Control

Gulfport's minimum housing code requires basement and cellar openings that could let rodents in to be screened or otherwise sealed under Code Section 23-61, and makes occupants and owners responsible for exterminating insects, rodents and other pests. An owner who lets a building fall into rat-prone disrepair takes over the extermination duty.

Gulfport Rodent and Pest Control Rule

Some Restrictions

Gulfport Code of Ordinances Section 23-61

(2)Rodent control. 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.(3)Infestation. Every occupancy of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for th...

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