Farmington Hills, MI Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Sec. ' That single sentence doubles as the city's rodent and vector control rule for household and business trash, since an open or poorly sealed can is exactly what draws rats, raccoons and other pests onto a property. The section goes further on construction quality, requiring containers to be 'of reasonably substantial construction to permit handling' and 'large enough and secured to prevent the scattering of materials,' so a flimsy or overfilled can that spills onto the lawn or blows open in wind is itself a violation independent of any pest complaint.

The same section folds in the city's recycling program: anyone subject to the mandatory separation-of-recyclables rules in Sec. 14-6 must use the 'approved containers' the city itself provides for recyclable collection, rather than substituting a private bin. Read together with Sec. 14-2's ban on burying or dumping solid waste and Sec. 14-5's requirement that commercial establishments store waste 'in receptacles as herein provided,' Sec. 14-3 is the operative rodent-control hook the city uses citywide, covering single-family, multifamily and commercial premises alike, rather than relying on a separate health-code vector-control chapter.