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Public Health Rules in Pasco, WA (2026)

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

Verified from official government sources

Rodent Control

Pasco bans filth, garbage, decaying matter and excrement that draw rats and vermin on any property, giving owners three days to abate once the City Manager's designee gives notice. Trash cans citywide must be rodent-proof and insect-proof, and Chapter 9.90 PMC separately labels rat-harboring conditions a public nuisance.

Pasco Health Nuisance and Rodent Control Rules

Some Restrictions

Pasco Municipal Code § 8.15.010

It is unlawful for any person to have or permit upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by them any nuisances detrimental to health, or any accumulations of filth, garbage, decaying animals or vegetable matter or any animal or human excrement, and it shall be the duty of the City Manager or his designee to cause any such person to be notified to abolish, abate and remove such nuisances;...

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