Cleveland, OH Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

01. 02 requires that all building materials, lumber, boxes, machinery, containers, raw material, junk, and any other substance that could provide harborage for insects or rodents be kept, stored, or handled in a manner acceptable to the Commissioner of Environmental Health. When an area, building, lot, premises, or other place becomes infested, the Commissioner issues a written order to the owner, agent, lessee, or person in control, requiring whatever eradication and prevention measures the Commissioner deems necessary. 03 authorizes the Commissioner to abate the infestation using City forces, and the costs the City incurs are recoverable through legal action brought by the Director of Law, on top of any other penalty.

04 lets the Commissioner, with the Director of Public Health and Welfare's approval, adopt supplemental rules and regulations for interpreting and enforcing the chapter; any such rule must be published in the City Record for two consecutive weeks and takes effect 15 days after the second publication, remaining in force until revoked by the Commissioner, the Director, or Council. 09's requirement that food handling premises stay free of insects and rodents.