West Sacramento, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- hotels/motels under Ch. 8.03
- Standard
- free of rodents and vermin
- Checked via
- city hotel inspection program
- Failing grade
- posted publicly in lobby
Summary
West Sacramento requires every hotel and motel in the city to keep its premises free of garbage, rubbish, rodents, and vermin under WSMC § 8.03.090(L).
Vector Control. The entire hotel premises shall be kept clean in every part and free from garbage, rubbish, rodents, vermin and other offensive matter.
M. Heating. Each habitable guest room shall have independent control of the room temperature. (Ord. 05-15 § 1; Ord. 06-13 § 1)
Full Breakdown
Under WSMC § 8.03.090(L), part of the city's hotel operating standards (Chapter 8.03, applying to any business required to hold a transient occupancy registration certificate), "the entire hotel premises shall be kept clean in every part and free from garbage, rubbish, rodents, vermin and other offensive matter." Compliance is checked through the city's hotel inspection program under § 8.03.070, which grades each property pass or fail and requires the grade to be posted in the lobby. This is a hotel/motel-specific standard: the code doesn't include a separate general vector-control ordinance for other property types.
Violations & Fines
A hotel or motel found with garbage, rodents, or vermin on its premises fails the vector-control standard in WSMC § 8.03.090(L), triggering a failing inspection grade and code enforcement under Chapter 1.12.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does West Sacramento require hotels to control rodents?
Is there a citywide rodent-control law for all properties?
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