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Public Health Rules in Broome County, NY (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Broome County, New York.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Broome County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Restaurant Grade Cards

Broome County skips letter-grade placards, but its Sanitary Code has real teeth: a food establishment cited for violations touching food or food-contact surfaces has its operating permit automatically suspended and the business closed for a minimum of three days if the problems aren't fixed within 24 hours.

Broome County Restaurant Inspection Closures

Some Restrictions

Broome County Charter and Code § 305-13(A)

When any service food establishment, upon inspection by the Broome County Health Department, has received notification by said Health Department of violations of the Sanitary Code pertaining to food and food contact surfaces, the permit issued to such service food establishment pursuant to the Sanitary Code shall be automatically suspended and the service food establishment closed for a minimum...

Rodent Control

Broome County's Sanitary Code puts rodent-proofing squarely on property owners. Landlords must keep multiple dwellings, premises and commercial vehicles free of rodents and vermin, exterminate any infestation their own neglect caused, and install rodent stoppage wherever pests get in, while occupants handle single-unit infestations and their own garbage storage.

Broome County Rodent Control Duties for Owners

Some Restrictions

Broome County Charter and Code § 305-24(A)-(C)

§ 305-24. Responsibilities of owners. A. The owners shall keep all multiple dwellings, premises or commercial vehicles free from rodents, insects, vermin and other pests and from any condition conducive to rodents, insects, vermin or other pests. B. Whenever infestation by rodents, insects, vermin or other pests is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling, building, premises or veh...

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