Perris, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing agency
- Riverside County Environmental Health
- First-offense fine
- $100 administrative citation
- Criminal penalty cap
- $1,000 or 6 months jail
- Governing chapter
- Perris Municipal Code Chapter 7.54
Summary
Perris property owners may not let debris, standing water, or animal waste attract rodents, mosquitoes, or other vectors; Riverside County's environmental health enforcement officer decides when a harborage hazard exists.
On property owned or under their control, no person shall create conditions or permit the accumulation of solid debris, standing water, decaying animal, decaying vegetable or organic matter, excreta from domestic animals or fowls, human excreta, or any other potential harborage for vectors in such a manner as to cause...a vector breeding hazard or the occurrence of excessive vectors. The person claiming ownership, title, and/or control of the property shall be responsible for the abatement of the vector breeding hazard and any excessive vectors.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Perris Municipal Code § 7.54.020 bars any person from creating conditions on property they own or control, accumulated solid debris, standing water, decaying organic matter, or animal or human excreta, that cause a vector breeding hazard or excessive rodents, mosquitoes, flies, or other vectors. The Riverside County Director of Environmental Health, acting as the city's enforcement officer under Chapter 7.54, determines when excessive vectors exist; that finding is prima facie evidence of a public-health hazard, and the property owner is responsible for abatement.
Violations & Fines
Enforced as an administrative citation ($100 first offense, $200 second, $500 third+) or, per § 7.54.080, an infraction/misdemeanor punishable up to $1,000 or six months in jail per day of violation.
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