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Public Health Rules in Livonia, MI (2026)

3 verified public health rules for Livonia, Michigan, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Rodent Control

Livonia's property maintenance code requires every structure and yard to be kept free of rodent harborage, including a specific firewood rule requiring stacked wood to sit at least one foot off the ground, with any infestation found promptly exterminated and the harborage eliminated afterward.

Livonia Rodent Harborage Property Rules

Some Restrictions

Livonia Code of Ordinances § 15.32.145(B) (IPMC § 302.5, as amended)

IPMC 302.5 Rodent harborage. All structures and exterior property shall be kept free from rodent harborage and infestation. Measures to keep exterior property free from rodent harborage shall include, but not be limited to, stacking any firewood stored on site in an orderly fashion and storing same a minimum of one foot above the surface of the ground. Where rodents are found, they shall be pro...

Syringe Disposal

Livonia prohibits anyone from possessing a hypodermic syringe or needle intended for illegal drug use under Code § 9.30.070, but § 9.30.065(D)(7) exempts syringes given away by a state or local government agency, or someone it authorizes, specifically to prevent the spread of infectious disease, covering city- or state-sanctioned harm-reduction efforts.

Livonia Bans Syringe Possession, Exempts Harm Reduction

Significant Restrictions

Livonia Code of Ordinances §§ 9.30.070, 9.30.065(D)(7)

It is unlawful for any person to have, possess, deliver, dispense or give away any hypodermic syringe, needle or any other instrument or implement for the illegal use of narcotic or dangerous or hallucinatory drugs... by subcutaneous injection or intracutaneous injection, or any other manner or method of introduction, and which is possessed, delivered, offered, dispensed or given away for that ...

Food Handler Certification

No one may work in a Livonia restaurant without a current food-handler's card issued by the health department. Employees first sign a food-handler's responsibility agreement confirming they carry no communicable disease; the card issued after approval is good for one calendar year and must then be renewed.

Livonia Restaurant Food-Handler's Card Rule

Some Restrictions

Livonia Code of Ordinances § 8.16.140

No person shall be employed in a restaurant without first having obtained a food-handler's card of current issue as provided in this chapter. Every employee shall have proof that he is not infected with any disease in communicable form, on forms approved by the health department and furnished by the city clerk, such form to be known as "food-handler's responsibility agreement." This form will t...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Livonia city rules.

Public Health Rules in Wayne County