Neenah, WI Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing officers
- Police Chief, Building Inspector, DPW
- Compost exemption
- Sec. 12-24(f) compliant sites
- Unabated cost
- Billed as special property charge
- Legal basis
- Chapter 10 public nuisance
Summary
Neenah declares it a public health nuisance to let trash, rotting lumber, or scrap accumulate on your property in a way that lets rats, mosquitoes, or other vermin breed.
Breeding places for vermin, etc. Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, scrap metal or any material in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rats or other vermin may breed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, composting sites in compliance with the provisions of Subsection 12-24(f) are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 10-3(3) names accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, or scrap metal, any material that lets flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rats, or other vermin breed, a public health nuisance citywide. The rule exempts compliant composting sites permitted under Sec. 12-24(f). Because it sits in Chapter 10's public-nuisances-affecting-health article, the Chief of Police, Building Inspector, and Director of Public Works can inspect on complaint and order abatement under Sec. 10-6, with unabated nuisances chargeable to the property as a special assessment.
Violations & Fines
Letting junk, rotting debris, or scrap pile up so it can breed vermin violates Sec. 10-3(3); the City can order abatement and bill the cost to the property owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Neenah cite me for a rat problem caused by junk in my yard?
Is composting exempt from Neenah's vermin-nuisance rule?
Sources & Official References
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