Weston, FL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Chapter 129's Minimum Standards Applicable to Lessees and Lessors, § 129.13, assigns pest control on a strict inside/outside split. Under § 129.13(A), a lessee must keep the space they occupy clean and sanitary (A)(1), dispose of rubbish, garbage and yard waste properly (A)(2), exterminate and control rodents, vermin and other pests within the dwelling or dwelling unit they occupy or control (A)(3), avoid keeping animals in a way that creates an unsanitary condition (A)(4), and maintain their own equipment safely (A)(5). Under § 129.13(B), the lessor, and if applicable the lessor's agent or operator, must jointly and severally maintain common, shared or public areas including yards, courts, driveways, lawns and shrubbery in a clean and sanitary condition (B)(1), prevent stagnant water from accumulating on the exterior premises (B)(2), and control and exterminate rodents, vermin and other pests in all public or shared areas, extending to adjacent areas when the infestation there is caused by the owner's own failure to control pests in the shared spaces (B)(3).

Related upkeep duties reinforce this: § 129.11(G) requires accessory structures to be kept free from pest infestations, and § 129.11(H) requires exterior premises to be kept free of excessive weed and grass growth. Enforcement runs through a Building Code Officer under Chapter 31 (§ 129.16).