Clovis, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Rodent-harboring materials
- Junk, debris, dirt, gravel per (c),(m)
- Odor/waste trigger
- Waste attracting vermin, subsection (r)
- Correction window
- 20 days presumed for rubbish/debris
- Appeal deadline
- 10 days for weeds/rubbish notices
- Nonpayment consequence
- Special assessment on property
Summary
Clovis Municipal Code Section 5.27.101 declares it a public nuisance to store building materials, junk, or landscape materials like dirt and gravel in a manner that harbors rodents, insects, or vermin, or to let waste and odors attract them. Property owners face written notice and mandatory abatement once code enforcement identifies the condition.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, renting, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any real property in the City to maintain such property in a manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon...(c) Building materials and household fixtures and equipment...stored in a manner as to harbor rodents, insects, or other vermin. (m) Landscape materials. The keeping, storage, depositing, or accumulation on the premises of dirt, sand, gravel, concrete, or other similar materials for an unreasonable period of time or in a manner as to harbor rodents, insects, or other vermin. (r) Offensive odors. Stagnant water, refuse, rubbish, garbage, dead animal carcasses, offal, animal excrement or other waste materials which emit odors that are unreasonably offensive to the physical senses of a reasonable person of normal sensitivity or which may cause or attract rodents, insects, or other vermin.
Full Breakdown
101, the City's neighborhood preservation nuisance list, makes it unlawful for any owner, renter, lessee, occupant, or person in charge of real property to maintain conditions that meet nuisance criteria such as being materially detrimental to nearby properties or dangerous to public health. Three subsections target rodent-harboring conditions directly: subsection (c) covers used or damaged lumber, junk, trash, debris, scrap metal, and discarded furniture or fixtures stored so as to harbor rodents, insects, or other vermin; subsection (m) covers dirt, sand, gravel, concrete, or similar landscape materials kept, stored, or accumulated for an unreasonable period or in a manner that harbors rodents, insects, or vermin; and subsection (r) covers stagnant water, refuse, rubbish, garbage, dead animal carcasses, offal, and animal excrement that emit offensive odors or may cause or attract rodents, insects, or vermin.
102(a), separately treats dead, decayed, or diseased trees, weeds, grass, rubbish, and debris as a nuisance where they provide a breeding place or refuge for rodents, insects, or vermin. 104(b).
Violations & Fines
If a notice to abate is ignored, the City can perform the abatement itself and recover costs plus administrative fees from the property owner under Chapter 5.29; unpaid invoices after 15 days become a special assessment against the property. Nuisance conditions can also draw an administrative citation or civil action, and remedies under the nuisance and cost-recovery chapters are cumulative rather than exclusive.
Frequently Asked Questions
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