Lake Havasu City, AZ Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Subsection (c) of § 8.08.020(B)(1) folds rodent control into the city's general nuisance ordinance rather than a standalone pest-control chapter. Any accumulation of junk, or other items of a similar nature, or anything at all in which insects may breed or multiply, or which provides a harborage for rodents, or which may create a fire hazard, is a nuisance unless it is kept in covered bins or receptacles; covering the material is the one way the code lets a property owner avoid the citation. Even covered junk is not automatically compliant everywhere on the lot: the same clause bans junk in the front yard outright, and in the side or rear yard requires it to be screened from the right-of-way and from neighboring properties by a sight-obscuring wall, fence, or hedge, or concealed by a fitted cover, with all screening kept in good repair.

Because the clause names rodent harborage specifically alongside insect breeding and fire hazard, Code Enforcement can act on a rodent complaint, such as a woodpile, junk pile, or open debris accumulation reported by a neighbor, without needing a separate finding from Animal Control or a health department. The PROPERTY definition at § 8.08.010.E applies here too, covering developed and undeveloped lots alike within the corporate limits of the city, so an empty parcel accumulating junk that draws rodents is treated the same as a developed residential lot.