Hollywood, FL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Shared/public area extermination
- Owner and operator's duty
- Inside a rented unit
- Occupant's duty
- Hotels/rooming houses
- Same duty on owner/operator
- Structures kept
- Rodent-proof, § 157.51(F)
- Enforcement body
- Code Enforcement Special Magistrate
Summary
Hollywood puts extermination of rodents, vermin and other pests on the property owner and operator for shared and public areas of a dwelling, and on the occupant inside the unit they control, under City Code § 157.23 and § 157.24.
The owner shall not occupy, permit another to occupy, or let to another for occupancy a dwelling, dwelling unit, or hotel or rooming unit that is not clean, sanitary, safe and fit for human habitation. (A) The owner and operator of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall, jointly and severally: ... (3) Be responsible for the extermination of any rodents, vermin and other pests in all public or shared areas, and when infestation of other areas is caused by his failure to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
23, RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERS AND/OR OPERATORS, opens by barring an owner from occupying, permitting occupancy of, or letting for occupancy any dwelling, dwelling unit, or hotel or rooming unit that is not clean, sanitary, safe and fit for human habitation. Subsection (A)(3) makes the owner and operator of a dwelling jointly and severally responsible for the extermination of any rodents, vermin and other pests in all public or shared areas, and for infestations of other areas that result from the owner's own failure to comply with the chapter.
Hotel and rooming house owners and operators carry the same extermination duty under (B)(5), plus responsibility for sanitary garbage and trash disposal and for preventing standing water that breeds pests. 24(A)(3) makes each occupant responsible for extermination of rodents, vermin and other pests within the specific dwelling unit they occupy or control, alongside keeping that space clean and disposing of trash under Chapter 50. 51(F) for commercial, industrial and institutional structures.
Violations & Fines
A rodent or pest infestation traceable to an owner's or occupant's failure to meet these duties is a violation of Chapter 157, heard by a Code Enforcement Special Magistrate under § 157.75, with the city's Code Team authorized to inspect and prosecute under § 36.27 or in county court applying the penalty provisions of § 10.99; unsafe-structure infestation cases go to the Hollywood Unsafe Structures Board instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
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