Pontiac, MI Public Health Rules: Bed-Bug Rules (2026)

City Code § 58-46, part of the Division 1 nuisance provisions in Chapter 58 (Environment), does not stand alone. Section 58-37(4) separately lists conditions that harbor or are conducive to breeding insects, vermin, rats or other rodents among the nuisances the city can act on, so a bedbug problem left unaddressed under § 58-46 can be treated as a public nuisance under § 58-37. The administrator of the Building and Safety Engineering Division enforces the article under § 58-44 and, on finding a violation, can order the owner to correct the condition or, under § 58-40, have the city do the work itself and bill the cost to the owner, with unpaid bills referred to court collection if not paid by December 31 of the year they became due.

Under § 58-43, the administrator may enter the premises at any reasonable hour to conduct a health survey and, if refused entry, must obtain a warrant under § 1-17. Where the building is rented, § 58-47 lets the owner and tenant agree in writing that the tenant will handle certain repairs, but the underlying § 58-46 duty to prevent bedbugs and other vermin rests on everyone connected to the unit, owner or occupant alike. No fixed remediation deadline or pest-control mandate appears in the text; the administrator sets the timeline through the abatement notice.