Arvada, CO Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

1, Infestation, to state that all structures must be kept free from insect and rodent infestation, that infested structures must be promptly exterminated by approved processes that will not injure human health, and that proper precautions must follow extermination to prevent reinfestation. The section doesn't name a specific pest list or set a numeric timeline for 'prompt' extermination, leaving that determination to the code official's inspection findings, but it applies to any structure regulated under Chapter 18, Article XI, residential and non-residential alike. The infestation rule sits between the city's sanitation standards for garbage and rubbish (§§ 18-514 through 18-520, requiring leakproof, covered containers and removal at least every 30 days) and the interior maintenance rules in Article IV of Chapter 18.

1 with a companion citation under the sanitation sections when the underlying cause is improperly stored waste. The section was carried into the current code by Ordinance No. for Chapter 18.