Hampton, VA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard adopted
- National Pest Control Association
- Applies
- Before construction begins (preconstruction)
- Citation
- Hampton City Code § 9-9
- Enforced by
- Building official, Dept. of Community Development
Summary
Before construction begins in Hampton, soil must be pretreated against termites to National Pest Control Association standards, a distinct requirement enforced by the city's building official under the local building code chapter.
The standards of the National Pest Control Association shall be deemed as approved in respect to preconstruction soil treatment against termites.
(Ord. No. 428, § 8.1-123; Code 1964, § 8.1-123; Ord. No. 1468, 3-28-07)
State Law reference— State regulation of pesticides Code of Virginia, § 3.2-3906.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31 | Zoning: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Hampton City Code § 9-9 requires preconstruction soil treatment against termites to meet the standards of the National Pest Control Association before construction proceeds: the city adopted the private trade association's approved standard rather than writing its own technical specification. The provision sits in Chapter 9's general building-regulation article, administered by the building official in the department of community development alongside other building-permit prerequisites (§§ 9-5–9-13). It has carried forward with only citation renumbering since Ordinance No. 428 and was last touched by Ord. No. 1468 (3-28-07); Virginia's own pesticide-regulation statute, Code of Virginia § 3.2-3906, is cross-referenced but does not itself set the soil-treatment standard.
Violations & Fines
No specific penalty is stated in § 9-9; under the Code's general penalty clause (§ 1-11), an unaddressed violation defaults to a Class 1 misdemeanor: up to a $2,500 fine and 12 months in jail.
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