Homestead, FL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 15-112, part of Chapter 15's exterior property standards, states plainly that exterior areas must stay free of sources of insect, vermin and rodent breeding, harborage and infestation, and that where such a condition exists it must be eliminated. That duty sits alongside several related standards in the same article: Sec. 15-108 requires exterior areas to stay free of organic and inorganic rubbish and garbage that could become a health, fire or accident hazard, with covered containers for temporary storage and prompt removal of dead trees and unsightly matter; Sec.

15-111 separately bans noxious or detrimental weed and plant growth; and Sec. 15-113 bars keeping domestic animals or pets in a way that creates unsanitary conditions. Sec. 15-115 rounds out the article by requiring exterior areas to stay free of hazards that would depreciate surrounding property. Enforcement runs through the same code-enforcement track as the rest of Chapter 15: an inspector who finds a harborage condition serves written notice under Sec. 15-30 identifying the section violated and a compliance deadline, and the director can act immediately under Sec. 15-31 if the infestation poses a direct danger to public health. A property owner who ignores the notice faces the general Chapter 15 penalty.