Conroe, TX Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 26-33(b)(3) of Conroe's nuisance ordinance makes it an offense to cause, allow or permit the accumulation of stagnant water, or the existence of holes or other areas which can retain water and allow it to become stagnant, or any other condition that creates an unsanitary condition likely to harbor mosquitoes, rodents, vermin, or disease carrying pests on real property. It sits alongside the Code's other nuisance categories: uncontained garbage and rubbish accumulation, overgrown weeds and grass, hazardous dead trees, and visual blight. Under Section 26-33(c), a property owner, occupant or person in control of the land is presumed responsible for the condition once a code enforcement officer has given notice and ten days have passed without abatement.

00 under Section 26-33(d), and Section 26-33(e) treats each day the condition continues as a separate offense. Section 26-33(f) exempts sites already permitted and regulated by a state agency, and Section 26-33(g) exempts undeveloped land left in its natural habitat with uncultivated growth from the rodent-harboring and weed-height categories specifically. Abatement follows Division 2's procedure: the city can do the work itself or hire a contractor after the ten-day notice period, then place a lien on the property for the cost plus an administrative fee, ranking behind only tax liens and street-improvement liens.