Salt Lake City Code Title 8 health and safety requires property owners to keep premises free of rodent harborage. Salt Lake County Health Department investigates complaints, particularly along Jordan River corridors and older Avenues neighborhoods.
Property owners in Salt Lake City must eliminate conditions favorable to rats, mice, and voles under Title 8 nuisance provisions and Salt Lake Valley Health Regulation 5. This includes sealing structural openings larger than one quarter inch, removing accumulated trash, securing pet food, and clearing dense vegetation. Restaurants must maintain rodent-proof refuse storage. Salt Lake County Health Department responds to written complaints, inspects, and may order abatement. Older neighborhoods near Liberty Park, Sugar House, and the Avenues see periodic infestations linked to mature landscaping and aging foundations.
Failing to abate rodent harborage after notice can result in administrative citations, county-imposed cleanup with cost lien, and continuing daily fines.
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