Granville County, NC Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 38-104 of the Granville County Code, Chapter 38, Article IV, sets general storage and disposal requirements for solid waste. Subsection (d) is the operative rodent-control rule: refuse shall be stored in a manner that will resist harborage to rodents and vermin and will not create a fire hazard. The subsection lists regulated refuse subject to this rule, including but not limited to lumber, boxes, barrels, bottles, cans, tires, paper, cardboard, rags, old furniture, other bulky waste, and white goods, while allowing useful materials such as firewood and building materials to remain on the premises if stored safely.

This sits alongside subsection (c)'s separate requirement that garbage containers be kept clean so that no odor or other nuisance condition exists, and subsection (f)'s ban on leaving an abandoned icebox, freezer or refrigerator with an airtight door accessible to children outside a building. Section 38-103(c) assigns responsibility for administration, supervision, execution and enforcement of the county's solid waste management regulations, including the harborage rule, to the solid waste director or an authorized representative. The article traces its authority to G.S. 153A-121, 153A-132.1, 153A-136, and related state solid waste statutes, and derives from an ordinance of February 7, 1994, as amended May 6, 2019.