Millcreek, PA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 40-7 of the Code of the Township of Millcreek lists the uses of public and private property that the Board of Supervisors has declared nuisances. Subsection G reaches any structure or property whose deterioration makes it unsafe or unusable for its intended purpose, makes it a fire hazard, or provides shelter for rats or other wild animals or vermin. Section 40-6 adds that the Township, through its duly authorized representatives, has authority to abate or remove a nuisance or dangerous structure on public or private grounds after notice to the owner, and on the owner's default to collect all costs of removal together with the penalty set out in the article.

Enforcement runs through the Ordinance Enforcement Ordinance, Chapter 48, Article I. Section 40-9 lists § 40-7 Subsection G among the regulations that must be enforced under Section 1601(c.1)(2) of the Second Class Township Code as summary criminal offenses. Under § 40-10, each violation and each day a violation continues is a separate offense. Where the property is owned by one person and occupied by another, the Township has authority to cite either or both. The fine is imposed by the Magisterial District Judge having jurisdiction.

Two narrower rules also address rodents. In manufactured home parks, § 70-32 requires grounds, buildings and structures to be maintained free of insects and rodent harborage and infestation, and extermination methods and other control measures must comply with the requirements of all applicable agencies. In the zoning chapter, § 145-41(D) allows noncommercial chickens and ducks as an accessory use in the CR District only if enclosures and structures are built to prevent rodents from being harbored underneath or within them, and all animal feed is stored in a secured, rodent-proof container housed within an enclosed structure.