Lansing, MI Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

"Nuisance" means any public nuisance, known as such at common law or in equity jurisprudence, and whatever is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health. Further, "nuisance" means any condition or activity which is unwholesome, dangerous, offensive or unhealthy, which constitutes a menace to the health and safety of the public, or any structure which, due to a structural defect or dilapidation, has become dangerous to life or property. "Nuisance" includes, but is not limited to:

(1)Unsanitary disposal of litter, including garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature;(2)Unburied dead animals;(3)The accumulation of water causing mosquito or other vector breeding or proliferation;(4)Rodent or insect infestation;