Property owners must keep premises free of rodent harborage. The Public Health District investigates complaints and can require abatement, baiting, exclusion, and removal of food and shelter sources at owner expense.
Corpus Christi addresses rats and mice through nuisance abatement and property-maintenance provisions in the City Code, working with the joint CC-Nueces Public Health District. Owners are required to eliminate harborage including dense brush, debris piles, uncovered refuse, and openings into structures larger than one-quarter inch. After a complaint, an inspector may issue a notice to abate within a stated period. Failure to comply allows the City to perform work and assess costs as a lien. Coastal humidity and Port-area warehousing make sustained baiting and exclusion essential for commercial properties.
Failure to abate after notice can lead to administrative citations, daily fines, and city-performed cleanup billed to the owner as a lien on the property.
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