Linn County, IA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- licensed mobile home parks only
- Enforced by
- county health department standards
- Storage rule
- materials kept 1 foot off ground
- County-wide rule
- none found outside mobile home parks
- Location
- unincorporated Linn County
Summary
Linn County's mobile home park code requires grounds and structures be kept free of rodent and insect harborage, with extermination methods meeting county health department standards and no debris allowed to accumulate.
Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination methods and other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform with the requirements of the county health department. Parks shall remain free of accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other pests.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 16).
Full Breakdown
This rule lives in Linn County's MH Mobile Home District, governing licensed mobile home parks in the unincorporated county: it isn't a general county-wide sanitation code. Storage areas must also keep lumber, pipe and other materials at least a foot off the ground to deny rodents cover, and parks must stay clear of debris that could shelter pests. The county's IPMC-based property maintenance code (ch. 105) governs general premises conditions elsewhere, but no standalone rodent-control section was found for property outside licensed parks.
Violations & Fines
A park owner who lets rodent or insect harborage develop, or fails to keep storage areas and grounds free of debris, violates § 107-146(dd) and can face county health department enforcement action.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this rodent rule cover my house outside a mobile home park?
Who sets the extermination standards?
Sources & Official References
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