Oregon, OH Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

10, the regulation of the keeping of farm animals such as backyard chickens and rabbits. Subsection (f), titled Feed Storage, requires that all feed shall be stored in rodent-proof containers and that animals must not be fed in a manner likely to attract rodents, such as dispersing the feed on the ground, so a permit holder cannot leave open feed bags or loose grain where it draws in pests. Subsection (g), Sanitation, backs that up by requiring the coop and outdoor enclosure to be kept in a sanitary condition and free from offensive odors, and cleaned on a regular basis to prevent accumulation of waste, since accumulated manure and spoiled feed are what draw rodents to a property in the first place.

10(m)(3), which lets the Health Department act on substantiated complaints or an unsanitary sheltering structure. A citywide junk, garbage or nuisance rodent rule outside the farm-animal context is not present in the exported chapters of the code reviewed for this page.