Public Health Rules in Huntington, NY (2026)
3 verified public health rules for Huntington, New York, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Rodent Control
Huntington's property maintenance code requires every structure in town to stay free of insect and rodent infestation. Section 124-23 puts the extermination duty on whoever controls the property: owners before renting a unit, occupants of single-family homes, and owners of multi-unit buildings for shared spaces, with follow-up precautions required against re-infestation.
Huntington NY Rodent and Pest Extermination Duty
Some RestrictionsHuntington Code § 124-23
All structures shall be kept free from insect and rodent infestation. All structures in which insects or rodents are found shall be promptly exterminated by approved processes that will not be injurious to human health. After extermination, proper precautions shall be taken to prevent re-infestation.
Bed-Bug Rules
Anyone putting a mattress, box spring or other bedding out for bulk-item pickup in Huntington must first seal it inside a bedbug-proof bag. Loose or improperly bagged bedding left at the curb is a code violation, separate from the Town's four-bulk-item limit on the weekly second pickup day.
Huntington NY Bedbug-Proof Bag Rule for Bedding
Some RestrictionsHuntington Code § 117-21(A)(6)(a)-(b)
Any person disposing of bedding for collection as bulk item(s) shall enclose such bedding within one bedbug proof bag. Such bag shall be constructed in such a manner and be of such size as to readily contain the bedding to be disposed of. Such bag must be securely sealed after the bedding is placed inside. Heavy duty bags that new mattresses are delivered in may be used. However, the mattress m...
Syringe Disposal
Huntington bans regulated medical waste, including needles and syringes from health care or research settings, from curbside pickup and Town recycling facilities. Household sharps used for a person's own chronic medical condition are carved out of that regulated-waste definition.
Huntington NY Sharps and Medical Waste Disposal Ban
Significant RestrictionsHuntington Code § 117-1, § 117-25
MEDICAL WASTE, REGULATED (RMW): Material generated in research, production and testing of biologicals or for health care purposes, including but not limited to infectious animal waste, human pathological waste, human blood and blood products, needles and syringes (sharps) except for those used residentially for maintenance of chronic medical conditions, cultures and stocks (microbiological mate...
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