Public Health Rules in Pitt County, NC (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Pitt County, North Carolina.
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Rodent Control
Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance bars property owners from letting waste accumulate outside the disposal methods the ordinance allows, and it requires refuse to be stored so it doesn't harbor rodents, vermin, or create a fire hazard, backed by a weekly removal deadline and civil penalties for violations.
Pitt County Refuse Storage Rodent Rule
Some RestrictionsPitt County Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance No. 3, § 8(A), (D)
A. No owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any property may deposit, store, or permit to accumulate any solid waste upon his property that is not stored or disposed of in a manner prescribed by this Ordinance. ... D. Refuse shall be stored in a manner that will not provide harborage to rodents and vermin and will not create a fire hazard.
Syringe Disposal
Pitt County's Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance defines sharps as a form of infectious waste and bars unsterilized, unpackaged infectious waste, including sharps, from the county's waste handling facility. Section 7(D) lists it among the materials the facility must refuse unless sterilized or packaged by an approved method.
Pitt County Sharps and Infectious Waste Rule
Some RestrictionsPitt County Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance No. 3, §§ 4, 7(D)(9)
Infectious Waste: A solid waste capable of producing an infectious disease. The types of waste designated as infectious are: microbiological waste, pathological waste, blood products, and sharps. ... D. The following shall not be acceptable for deposit at the waste handling facility. ... 9. infectious waste (not sterilized or packaged by approved methods);
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