Moore, OK Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Sec 8-111 of the Moore Code of Ordinances, adopted under the state health-nuisance authority of 63 O.S. § 1-1011, lets the city order the owner or occupant of any private premises to remove, at his own expense, any source of filth, cause of sickness, condition conducive to the breeding of insects or rodents that might contribute to the transmission of disease, or any other condition adversely affecting the public health, within 24 hours or another reasonable time the city sets. The order must be in writing and can be served personally on the owner, occupant or an authorized agent, left at the person's usual place of abode, or, if the owner cannot be found or lives out of state, posted on the premises or published in a local newspaper.

Chapter 8-2's weed and trash rules reinforce the same concern: Sec 8-201 defines a weed to include any vegetation that, regardless of height, harbors rodents or vermin, making rank vegetation that shelters rodents a nuisance in its own right, separate from Sec 8-111's filth-and-disease order. If the property owner fails to comply with a Sec 8-111 order, the city may carry out the removal itself and certify the cost, which becomes enforceable as a lien or any other method allowed by law or ordinance against the property, in addition to Chapter 8-1's broader summary-abatement powers under Sec 8-109 and Sec 8-110.