Logan, UT Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 8.20.130 of the Logan Municipal Code requires all business buildings in the city to be ratproofed by the owner and occupant, freed of rats and maintained in a ratproofed and rat free condition by the owner and occupant or tenant. Chapter 8.20 defines a business building broadly: any structure adapted to occupancy for residence or business, vacant or occupied, including apartment houses, restaurants, markets, warehouses, workshops, factories and junkyards. The health officer is the chief sanitarian of the city or a person appointed by the mayor.

Ratproofing is a defined standard. It means closing and keeping closed all openings in exterior walls, ground or first floors, basements, roofs, foundations and similar places, using cement, concrete, masonry laid in cement, sheet metal or hardware cloth of not less than nineteen (19) gauge with a mesh not larger than one-half inch. Windows with sills less than thirty inches from the ground must be covered by that hardware cloth, exterior doors can have a clearance of no more than three-eighths inch, and concrete floors and curtain walls must be at least four inches thick.

The process runs on notices. On a written order, an owner must ratproof, and the deadline in the notice is never less than fifteen (15) days (§ 8.20.030). When the health officer reports evidence of infestation, the owner and occupant must act immediately, and if measures are not instituted within fifteen (15) days the city can free the building of rats at the owner's expense, billing the owner and referring unpaid amounts after thirty (30) days to the city attorney for suit (§ 8.20.040). Ratproofed buildings face unannounced inspections, with periodic inspection at intervals of not more than three months, and the health officer can obtain a search warrant (§ 8.20.050). Owners must repair breaks without waiting for an order (§ 8.20.090).

New work is covered too. Building, repairing or remodeling is unlawful unless ratproofed, and no business license issues until the requirements are met (§ 8.20.140). Utility wires attached to buildings must sit at least eighteen inches from openings or carry rat guards (§ 8.20.150), and feed for chickens, cows, pigs, horses and other animals must be stored in rat free and ratproof containers, compartments or rooms (§ 8.20.160).