Bridgeport, CT Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- Housing Code § 15.12.220
- Owner responsibility trigger
- Building unsound or 2+ units infested
- Agency notice deadline
- 14 days to exterminate (§ 2.72.050)
- Max fine
- $100 per day, per violation
- Enforcer
- Housing code enforcement officer
Summary
Bridgeport's Housing Code puts the extermination duty on whoever caused the problem: occupants handle pests in their own single-family or isolated unit, while owners must exterminate whenever the building itself is unsound or two or more units are infested.
Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein, or on the premises; and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infected. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a ratproof or insectproof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(Prior code § 16-32)
Full Breakdown
Under Municipal Code § 15.12.220, an occupant of a single-unit dwelling, or a multi-unit occupant whose unit alone is infested, must exterminate insects, rodents, and other pests. That duty shifts to the owner whenever the infestation traces back to a failure to keep the building ratproof or insectproof, or whenever two or more units, or shared/public areas, are infested. The city's environmental protection agency can also order an owner directly: under § 2.72.050, once the director finds an infestation, the owner has 14 calendar days to fumigate or decontaminate and must keep exterminating until it's gone.
Violations & Fines
Violating Chapter 15.12 draws a fine up to $100 per § 15.12.490, with each day of noncompliance charged as a separate offense; ignoring a § 2.72.050 infestation notice carries the same $100-per-violation fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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