Huntington Beach, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

080(B) states plainly that refuse must be stored so that it will not provide harborage to rats, nor cause a fire hazard, and pairs that with subsection (A)'s requirement that every container be constructed of metal, plastic or equally durable material, strong, watertight, non-corrodible, and insect- and rodent-resistant, kept covered at all times except while refuse is added or removed. 070 backs that up citywide: no person occupying, using or controlling a property may permit refuse to accumulate on it, or maintain any such accumulation, unless it is stored in a manner approved by the Director or by law; the code goes further and declares any unauthorized accumulation of refuse a public nuisance outright.

050 extends the same duty to general premises conditions, requiring every occupant to keep the property clean and sanitary and barring the deposit or continued presence of refuse, sewer effluent, excrement, slop, stagnant water, butcher offal, market refuse, dead animals, or other noxious or offensive matter that could attract vermin. 060 places financial responsibility squarely on the property owner, who is liable to the City for the costs of enforcing any of these refuse provisions. 080(B), even if no dumping or littering has occurred.