Fremont, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

45, cited in Sec. 010 as the "fly, rodent and odor control ordinance" of the city, targets putrescible waste, meaning any solid or liquid matter, including animal or poultry manure, capable of breeding flies or feeding rodents, as defined in Sec. 040. Sec. 070 makes it unlawful to create, allow, or maintain a rodent-attracting condition, and once a person knows of rodent infestation or receives a written abatement order from the health officer, that person must immediately begin good-faith abatement. Property owners must also provide adequate waste containers under Sec.

050, remove garbage at least weekly under Sec. 060, and, where putrescible waste from keeping animals accumulates, use rain-proof, fly-tight, rodent-proof storage under Sec. 110 and remove it weekly to an approved disposal site under Sec. 120. Sec. 090 extends the chapter's animal-related standards to anyone keeping poultry, rabbits, goats, cows, sheep, horses, mules, ponies or similar livestock outside the city's "A" agricultural or "A-F" agricultural flood plain zoning districts, and to anyone keeping more than 75 poultry or rabbits even inside those districts. If the health officer finds a rodent nuisance after inspecting under Sec.

080, the officer issues a written abatement order; if the owner does not comply, Sec. 130 requires at least three business days' notice of a hearing, and Sec. 140 gives the owner a right to appear, cross-examine, and receive a decision. A decision can be appealed to the city council within three business days under Sec. 150. The health officer administers and enforces the chapter with the powers of a peace officer under Sec. 170, and the fire chief and chief building inspector may also inspect under Sec. 180.