Orlando City Code Chapter 38 (Health and Sanitation) requires property owners to keep premises free of rats, mice, and other vermin. Code Enforcement can order extermination and assess liens for noncompliance after notice and hearing.
Chapter 38 declares rodent infestations a public nuisance and requires owners to eliminate harborage conditions including overgrown vegetation, garbage accumulation, and structural openings larger than one-quarter inch. The Property Maintenance Code, layered on the International Property Maintenance Code, mandates rodent-proof exterior walls, foundations, and dumpsters. Restaurants and food-service properties face stricter standards under DBPR rules. After a complaint, Code Enforcement inspects and issues a notice of violation requiring abatement within 10 to 30 days. Failure to comply allows the city to perform abatement and lien the property for costs, plus civil fines up to $250 per day under Chapter 2.
Failing to eliminate documented rodent harborage after notice can trigger code-enforcement fines up to $250 daily, plus city-performed abatement billed back to the owner via property lien.
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