Public Health Rules in Smithtown, NY (2026)
2 verified public health rules for Smithtown, New York, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Rodent Control
Smithtown's Property Maintenance Ordinance bars rodent harborage on both open land and buildings. Yards, courts and vacant lots must stay clean and free of rodent harborage and infestation, and every building or structure in town must be kept free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage using extermination methods that conform to generally accepted practices.
Smithtown Rodent Harborage Ban
Some RestrictionsSmithtown Code § 221-4A(7); § 221-4B(6)
Yards, courts and vacant lots shall be kept clean and free of physical hazards, rodent harborage and infestation or solid waste. They shall be maintained in a manner that will prevent solid waste from being blown about a public place or residential area by the elements or by being scattered by animals. ... Buildings and structures shall be maintained free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage ...
Syringe Disposal
Smithtown bans depositing hypodermic needles or syringes at any Town solid waste facility unless the needle has first been detached and destroyed, the syringe crushed and broken, and the pieces sealed in a secured metal container.
Smithtown Needle and Syringe Disposal Rule
Significant RestrictionsSmithtown Code § 177-80D
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in any solid waste management facility as may be designated by the Town Board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter any hypodermic needle or syringe, unless the same has been first destroyed by the detachment of the needle from the syringe from any disposal hypodermic unit and the hypodermic syringe has been crushed an...
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