Glendale, AZ Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Glendale Code of Ordinances § 25-24(a) bars any person from erecting, maintaining, using, placing, depositing, causing, allowing, leaving or permitting any condition, thing or act on a private lot, building or property, or on a public street, alleyway, sidewalk or right-of-way, that is to the prejudice, danger or annoyance of a neighborhood or others, expressly including feeding pigeons and conditions that lead to rodent infestations. 1-18 requires the interior to be kept free from the presence or apparent evidence of insect, rodent or vermin infestation and free from unsafe or unsanitary conditions, including excessive moisture and accumulated garbage, food waste, trash or refuse, that could promote such infestation.

1-19(f) then splits responsibility: the occupant of a one-family dwelling or a single-tenant nonresidential structure must handle pest elimination on the premises, while the owner of a multi-unit structure, rooming house or nonresidential structure handles pest elimination in shared and exterior areas, with the occupant sharing responsibility if their own unit caused the infestation. Because Section 25-24 sits in Chapter 25's general nuisance article, enforcement runs through Section 25-36's notice-then-citation process, civil or criminal prosecution in Glendale Municipal Court, and city abatement of unresolved conditions billed to the owner as a recorded lien under Sections 25-37 and 25-39. Repeat violators under Section 25-22 face an added civil fine of $100 to $1,000 for a first offense.