Plano property owners must keep premises free of rodent harborage under the city property maintenance code. Collin County Environmental Health investigates rodent complaints tied to food establishments and major outdoor infestations on private property.
The Plano property maintenance code, adopted under Chapter 6 of the city code, requires owners to eliminate rodent harborage including unsealed garbage, accumulated debris, dense overgrowth, and structural openings larger than one quarter inch. Code Compliance officers respond to neighbor complaints and may issue notice and order to abate. Collin County Environmental Health handles rodent issues at food establishments and large multi-tenant complaints. Food storage must be in rodent-resistant containers, and dumpsters must close fully. Repeated infestations near food service can trigger permit action. Homeowner association property is held to the same maintenance standard as private property.
Failure to abate after notice can result in code citations starting around two hundred dollars per offense, daily continuing fines, and city-arranged abatement billed back to the property owner as a lien.
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