Noblesville, IN Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 93.02(A) of Noblesville's public nuisance code lists specific conditions that count as public health nuisances regardless of any other definition in § 93.01. Item (3) covers accumulations of decayed animals or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, or any material in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rats, or other vermin may breed, or may be a fire hazard, reaching backyard debris piles, compost gone wrong, and stored junk alike, not just literal garbage. Item (5) separately targets garbage cans which are not fly-tight, or not kept clean, extending the vector-control rule to how trash containers themselves are maintained.

Once the Designated Department, typically Code Enforcement working with the Planning Department, confirms a nuisance under § 93.07, it inspects the property, photographs the condition, and can mail the owner a certified notice giving ten days to abate before the city does the work itself and bills the owner for the cost, plus administrative and removal fees. An unpaid bill after 30 days can be certified to the Hamilton County Auditor under I.C. 36-7-10.1-4 and collected as delinquent property taxes. Owners may appeal a notice or bill to the Director of Planning within ten days, with further review available from the city's Board of Public Works and Safety.