Toms River, NJ Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- licensed mobile home parks
- Enforced by
- Health Officer
- Debris rodent-harborage
- prohibited
- Fine range
- $25-$100 per offense
- License can be
- revoked
Summary
Toms River Township requires mobile home park operators to apply insect and rodent control measures recommended by the Health Officer, clear debris that could harbor rodents, and act promptly to exterminate rats or other rodents found in or near the park.
Insect and rodent control measures to safeguard public health, as recommended by the Health Officer or other authority, shall be applied in the mobile home park.
B. Effective larvicidal solution may be recommended by the Health Office for fly- or mosquito-breeding areas which cannot be controlled by other, more permanent measures.
C. Accumulations of debris which may provide harborage for rodents shall not be permitted in the mobile home park.
D. When rats or other rodents are known to be in or near to the mobile home park, the operator shall take definite action under direction by appropriate health authority to exterminate them.
E. Suitable measures as recommended by the Health Officer shall be taken by the mobile home park operator to control other insects and obnoxious weeds.
§ 363-15. Fire protection.
A. Fire alarms and instructions. Provision shall be made for giving a general alarm in case of fire. A bell, iron hoop or a similar manually operated device may be used for this purpose. It shall be the duty of the mobile home park owner or operator to instruct all tenants of means of summoning fire-fighting apparatus, police, medical help, and of the proper operation of fire extinguishers. A public telephone without the necessity of inserting a coin shall be available at all times to summon fire, police and other protective services. Up-to-date lists of telephone numbers of emergency services shall be permanently displayed near the telephone.
B.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4954830; v33 updated 2026-04-22; through 04-22-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under § 363-14 of the Mobile Home Parks chapter, park operators must apply insect and rodent control measures recommended by the Health Officer, and may not allow debris accumulations that provide rodent harborage. When rats or other rodents are known to be in or near a park, the operator must act under the Health Officer's direction to exterminate them. Mobile home skirting is separately barred from creating rodent harborage under § 363-19. This duty applies specifically to licensed mobile home parks; the Township Code does not contain a separate township-wide rodent-control ordinance for other residential or commercial properties.
Violations & Fines
Violating this article carries a fine of $25 to $100 per offense, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense, per § 363-26; noncompliance can also trigger license revocation after a hearing under § 363-24.
Frequently Asked Questions
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