Boynton Beach, FL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 10-2 of Chapter 10 declares a property-maintenance nuisance whenever land, or the abutting half of a street, alley, or easement, accumulates trash, filth, broken limbs, uncontained garbage, standing-water containers, or dense uncultivated vegetation such as weeds, underbrush, palmettos, or Florida holly, and that condition might breed or harbor insects, rodents, wild animals, snakes, or other vermin, or create a fire hazard or offensive odor. The nuisance threshold is triggered specifically when the growth or accumulation sits within fifty (50) feet of the boundary of a developed or maintained adjacent property.

Enforcement runs through Sections 10-4 through 10-10: the City Manager or a designated representative inspects the land, and on finding a violation must mail written notice under Section 10-5 identifying the nuisance and giving the owner ten (10) days to remove it. Section 10-6 requires the notice to spell out the right to a written appeal to a three-person panel made up of the City Manager, the Director of Public Works, and the Code Compliance Administrator, held within five days of the appeal request. If the owner does not correct the condition or does not appeal in time, the City has the land cleared at the owner's expense, including inspection and administrative costs, and Section 10-8 lets the City record a lien for those costs plus interest at eight percent (8%) per annum and reasonable attorney's fees if the bill goes unpaid more than thirty (30) days, per Sections 10-9 and 10-10.