Caldwell, ID Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Caldwell City Code section 10-12-03-30 sets development standards for recreational vehicle parks, and subsection (5), Utility Standards, contains the city's most concrete rodent control rule; the general municipal code does not set a separate rodent control standard for ordinary residential or commercial properties beyond the nuisance definition's reference to rodent harborage. Subsection (5)I, Refuse Disposal, requires that the storage, collection, and disposal of refuse in the park be so managed as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding area, accident hazards, or air pollution, and that all refuse be stored in flytight, watertight, rodentproof containers provided in sufficient number and capacity to prevent overflowing, with container racks or holders placed no more than 150 feet from any RV space.

Subsection (5)J, Insect And Rodent Control, goes further and requires that insect control and rodent control measures to safeguard public health, as recommended by the Southwest District Health Department, be applied in the recreational vehicle park. These standards sit inside the broader RV park article, which requires a special use permit under section 10-12-03-30(2)A, filed with the Community Development Department, before a park can operate in any zoning district. Enforcement of the article, including its refuse and rodent control standards, is vested in the Chief of Police under section 10-12-03-30(6), with inspection representatives authorized to enter the premises at reasonable times upon proper notice to the park manager to investigate compliance.