Dublin, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- DMC Ch. 5.72, Rodent and Fly Control
- Co-enforcer
- Alameda County Health Officer
- Appeal window
- 15 days to City Council
- Covered waste
- Includes animal and poultry manure
- Cost recovery
- Billed to owner, per DMC § 1.04.061
Summary
Dublin, California prohibits letting putrescible waste, including animal and poultry manure, attract flies or feed rodents on any property, enforced by the City Manager and the Alameda County Health Officer under the Rodent and Fly Control chapter.
No person shall create, allow, or maintain a fly nuisance, nor knowingly allow waste to become a harborage, attractant or food source for rodents, or result in unreasonable production of odors resulting in the depreciation of adjacent property or comfortable enjoyment of life thereon. Such conditions are declared to be a public nuisance. Upon knowledge of such fly nuisance, rodent infestation or unreasonable odor production, or after having received a written abatement order from the City Manager, Alameda County Health Officer or other authorized agents, said person shall at once proceed and continue in good faith with the abatement of such fly nuisance or control and elimination of rodents or source of unreasonable odor.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
010 that such waste breeds flies and harbors rodents, especially where animals are kept, and depreciates neighboring property values. 050 makes it unlawful to create, allow, or maintain a fly nuisance, or to knowingly let waste become a harborage, attractant, or food source for rodents, or to cause unreasonable odors, and declares any such condition a public nuisance. Upon learning of the condition, or receiving a written abatement order, the responsible person must act at once and in good faith to correct it. 060 authorizes the City Manager or the Alameda County Health Officer to investigate on reasonable cause, enter the premises, and, upon finding a fly nuisance, rodent infestation, or unreasonable odor, issue a written order to abate with a compliance deadline.
070 lets the owner or tenant appeal that order to the City Council in writing within 15 days of service, with the Council holding a hearing between 7 and 30 days after the appeal is filed and issuing a final decision affirming, modifying, or reversing the order. 080 lets the City Manager arrange abatement by city employees or a private contractor, entering the property under judicial authority if the owner will not consent.
Violations & Fines
The city tracks and itemizes its abatement costs under Section 5.72.090 and recovers them from the owner through the recordation and collection procedure in Section 1.04.061, referenced by Section 5.72.100, in addition to any other enforcement remedy available for maintaining a public nuisance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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