Aurora, CO Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Aurora Health and Housing Code
- Owner duty
- Prevent & exterminate infestation
- Occupant duty
- Exterminate own single-unit pests
- Minimum fine
- $50/day, suspendable if cured in 30 days
Summary
Aurora's Health and Housing Code makes owners and occupants jointly responsible for keeping dwellings insect- and rodent-free, with liability shifting depending on the cause of infestation.
Every owner shall, where required by this article or applicable health laws, supply and maintain such approved sanitary facilities as required and shall furnish and maintain approved devices, equipment, or facilities for the prevention of insect and rodent infestation and, where infestation has taken place, shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents, pests or vermin where such extermination is not specifically made the responsibility of the occupant by law or ruling.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-30, passed June 22, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Under Aurora City Code § 22-571, every owner must furnish devices to prevent insect and rodent infestation and exterminate pests unless that duty falls on the occupant by law. In a single dwelling unit, the occupant bears extermination responsibility; in multi-unit buildings, the occupant of the infested unit is responsible unless the infestation spans two or more units or stems from the owner's failure to keep the building ratproof or insectproof, in which case the owner must exterminate. Infested buildings can also be declared substandard under § 22-636.
Violations & Fines
Violations of the Health and Housing Code carry a mandatory minimum $50 fine per day of noncompliance, suspendable only if corrected within 30 days; the city manager may also placard a substandard building until conditions are fixed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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