Garden Grove, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

210 sets property maintenance standards specifically for vacant, unoccupied, or abandoned buildings, enacted under Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution to stop such properties from becoming blighted and dragging down neighboring property values. Subsection (C) makes it unlawful and a public nuisance for anyone who owns, leases, occupies, controls, or manages such a building to conflict with a list of standards, and item 5, Infestations, requires the property to be kept free of any rodent, varmint, or insect infestation, as determined by county vector control.

That standard sits alongside related requirements in the same subsection: item 1 requires overgrown vegetation (grass or weeds over 18 inches) to be trimmed since it can harbor pests, and item 2 requires debris, trash, and stored materials, common rodent attractants, to be removed from the property on a weekly basis. Enforcement runs through subsection (D): a responsible party who receives a notice of violation has 10 calendar days to submit a remedial plan for corrective work, which the City Manager or designee must approve before work begins, and the work must finish within the City's prescribed timeframe. 20(b)). 180's cost-and-lien procedure, and the City Attorney may separately pursue civil or criminal action.