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

Title 6, Chapter 1, Article 2 (Rats and Vermin) holds the City of Huntington Park's rodent rules. Section 6-1.201 prohibits maintaining any building, lot, premises, vehicle, or place so insanitary that flies, rats, bedbugs, cockroaches, lice, fleas, or any vermin can breed or harbor there. It also bars accumulations of rubbish that can shelter rats unless the material is elevated not less than eighteen inches above the ground with a clear intervening space underneath.

Buildings that handle food face a construction standard. Under §§ 6-1.203 and 6-1.204, no one can use a building as a slaughterhouse, packinghouse, or bakery, or for making, preparing, storing, handling, or displaying food products for human or animal consumption, or for grain storage or sale, if the Health Officer finds it infested or likely to become infested with rats, unless it is ratproofed. Section 6-1.205 defines ratproofing as a continuous masonry foundation of the size and depth the Building Code requires for a new building of the same occupancy, plus screening of all underfloor vents, foundation openings, roof vents, and skylights with at least one-half inch mesh hardware cloth. A slab not less than three inches thick needs a concrete curb at least one foot below finished grade, buildings under 400 square feet with an eighteen inch clearance on piers are excused from the continuous foundation, and exterior stud walls get a twelve inch strip of noncorrodible metal lath at floor level. The detailed list excludes dwellings and apartments. Section 6-1.206 bars refusing the Health Officer entry or disobeying a lawful order.

Article 4 adds vector control. Section 6-1.403(a) requires buildings and premises to be cleaned and effective pesticides applied as necessary to prevent infestation by feral bees or other vectors, with the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District or the City prescribing the insecticide and the cleaning schedule. Under § 6-1.402, infested premises are public nuisances abated by the District, the owner, or the City at the owner's expense. Junk, trash, and stagnant water on a lot also count as substandard property under § 5-35.03.