Pocatello, ID Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Pocatello City Code section 8.14.020 defines "infestation" as the presence of insects, rodents, or animals in numbers that create an unpleasant, harmful, damaging, unhealthy, or unsafe condition, and section 8.14.040 folds that definition into the general duty every property owner, manager, or occupant has to keep land and outdoor areas clean. That section specifically bars accumulations of litter, garbage, debris, broken glass, packing material, or anything whatsoever in which insects may breed or which provides harborage for rodents, snakes, or other harmful pests or animals, alongside separate rules capping lawn height at six inches and weeds in nonlawn areas at twelve inches.

City staff can inspect a property on their own observation or after a complaint, including from a public right of way or an adjoining private lot, under section 8.14.080. When an inspection confirms a violation, section 8.14.100 requires written notice to the responsible party describing the problem and giving two weeks to abate it, though staff can shorten that window if needed and refer noxious-weed violations straight to Bannock County for state-law enforcement. A responsible party who fails to correct a rodent-harborage condition is guilty of a misdemeanor under section 8.14.110, and because each day the condition continues counts as a separate offense, the exposure grows the longer the property stays out of compliance.