Franklin County, KY Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 50.05(B) of the Franklin County Code sets the standard in one sentence: solid waste shall be stored in a manner that will not provide harborage to rodents and vermin and will not create a fire hazard. It sits beside § 50.05(A), which requires the occupant or owner of every dwelling unit and every institutional, commercial, industrial, agricultural or business establishment to place all solid waste in proper solid waste containers and keep those containers and the surrounding area in a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times.

In practice the harborage rule is met by closed, maintained containers and a clean area around them, which is how § 50.05 reads as a package. Section 50.03 defines CONTAINERS as county-provided wheeled containers, and allows non-reusable plastic sacks or bags with enough wall strength to resist lifting and scavenging by animals. The county may supply containers in its sole discretion under § 50.05(C). Section 50.01 states that the subchapter regulates storage, collection, transportation and disposal of all solid waste generated within or delivered to the county, and § 50.02 limits its reach to the unincorporated areas.

Frankfort's code governs inside the city. The Solid Waste Management Coordinator, appointed by the County Judge/Executive under § 50.04, is responsible for enforcing and managing the program. The section carries a printed penalty cross-reference to § 50.99, and the text was last amended by Ordinance 10-2023, passed 9-28-2023.