Pembroke Pines, FL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

95 is the city's Property Maintenance Code, adopted by Ordinance 987 in 1992 and last amended by Ordinance 1715 in 2012, and division (D) defines EXTERMINATION as the control and elimination of insects, rodents and vermin, and INFESTATION as the presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises that constitute a health hazard. Division (P), Structural and Sanitary Maintenance, translates those definitions into an enforceable standard: outside building walls may not have holes, loose boards, or broken, cracked, or damaged finish that admits rain, cold air, dampness, rodents, insects, or vermin, every dwelling must be maintained to prevent infestation, and all parts of the premises must likewise be kept free of conditions that would allow pests to take hold.

The Enforcing Agency, defined in the chapter as the Code Enforcement Division along with the Building, Planning & Zoning, and Engineering Departments, is authorized under division (S) to inspect buildings and premises to check compliance, and owners, operators, lessees, or occupants of non-residential buildings must give inspecting officers free access during reasonable hours. 013(C), giving the city two enforcement tracks against a rodent-harboring property. 95 instead targets the physical condition of the building itself, holes, gaps, and disrepair that let pests inside.