Rodent Control - Chapter 37 of 10 GCA “Health and Safety”

10 GCA - HEALTH AND SAFETY Div. 2 - Environmental Health Ch. 37 - Rodent Control - 1994 - p. � PAGE �1� CHAPTER 37 Rodent Control §37101. Obligation of Owner, Lessee of Occupied Building. §37102. Obligation of Owner or Lessee of Unoccupied Building or Vacant Lot. §37103. Docks and Wharves. §37104. Plague and International Quarantine. §37105. Rodent Bait and Complaints. §37106. Rules and Regulations. §37101. Obligation of Owner, Lessee of Occupied Building. Every owner, lessee or occupant of an occupied building wherever located, shall comply with the following: (a) Whenever a building is infested or becomes infested with rodents, adequate measures shall be taken in good faith to endeavor to eradicate such rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigation and other appropriate means. (b) All occupied buildings and the property upon which the building is located shall be kept free from foodstuffs, garbage, forage and other material which may serve as food or as harborage for rodents. (c) No rubbish, garbage, waste or filth of any kind shall be placed, left, dumped or permitted to accumulate or remain in any building or in the vicinity dumped or permitted to accumulate or remain in any building or in the vicinity thereof, including any area between the property line and the road in such a way as to afford a harborage or breeding place for rodents. All weeds and grass in the vicinity of any building, including any area between the property line and the road, shall be maintained so as to avoid harborage or breeding places for rodents. In rural areas, the duty imposed by this Subsection does not extend beyond the property line. 10 GCA - HEALTH AND SAFETY Div. 2 - Environmental Health Ch. 37 - Rodent Control - 1994 - p. � PAGE �1� (d) Firewood, scrap and other loose materials stored on the premises or under buildings shall be piled in an orderly manner at least eighteen (18) inches off the ground so as not to afford a harborage for rodents. SOURCE: GC §9670. §37102. Obligation of Owner or Lessee of Unoccupied Building or Vacant Lot. Every owner or lessee of an unoccupied building or of any vacant lot located in residential, commercial or industrial zones or areas, shall keep such building and ground, or such vacant lot including any area between the property line and the road, in a sanitary condition, free from all rubbish, garbage, waste and filth of any kind. All weeds and grass on such premises, including any area between the property line and the road, shall be maintained so as to avoid harborage or breeding places for rodents. SOURCE: GC §9670.1. §37103. Docks and Wharves. All public and private docks and wharves shall be so constructed and protected as to prevent rodents from gaining access thereto or thereunder at either high or low tide. All foodstuff stored on such docks and wharves shall be so kept and stored as to prevent rodents from gaining access thereto or coming in contact therewith. SOURCE: GC §9670.2. §37104. Plague and International Quarantine. The Director shall take any action necessary to prevent the introduction to Guam of plague infected rodents, and shall enforce the international quarantine regulations relative to the control of rodents at the commercial port, airport and for all vessels and other water craft arriving on Guam. SOURCE: GC §9670.3. §37105. Rodent Bait and Complaints. The Vector Control Program of the Department shall prepare and make available to the public at nominal cost, a safe and effective rodent bait along with written instructions on its use. This Section of the Department shall investigate rodent complaints and offer the property owner or lessee information and advice on 10 GCA - HEALTH AND SAFETY Div. 2 - Environmental Health Ch. 37 - Rodent Control - 1994 - p. � PAGE �1� rodent control. SOURCE: GC §9670.4. §37106. Rules and Regulations. The Director may establish such rules and regulations relative to the maintenance of rodent harborage and rodent breeding areas as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter. SOURCE: GC §9670.5. 10 GCA - HEALTH AND SAFETY Div. 2 - Environmental Health Ch. 37 - Rodent Control - 1994 - p. � PAGE �1� 10 GCA - HEALTH AND SAFETY Div. 2 - Environmental Health Ch. 38 - Miscellaneous - 1994 - p. � PAGE �1� CHAPTER 38 Miscellaneous §38101. Drinking Fountains. §38102. Same: New Installations. §38103. Fly Prevention. §38104. Compressed Air. §38101. Drinking Fountains. All public drinking fountains for the dispensing of water for human consumption shall be kept clean and sanitary by the owner or person in charge thereof. SOURCE: GC §9680. §38102. Same: New Installations. All drinking fountains for the dispensing of water for human consumption, hereafter installed or constructed, shall conform with the following: (a) The fountain shall be constructed of impervious material, plastic, vitreous china, porcelain, enameled cast iron, other metals or stoneware. (b) The jet of the fountain shall issue from a nozzle of non-oxidizing impervious material set at an angle from the vertical so as to prevent the return of water in the jet to orifices from which the jet issues. The nozzle and every other opening in the water pipe or conductor leading to the nozzle shall be above the edge of the bowl to prevent flooding in case the drain of the bowl becomes clogged. (c) The end of the nozzle shall be protected by a non-oxidizing guard to prevent the mouth and nose of a person using the fountain coming into contact with the nozzle. (d) The bowl shall be free of corners so as to be easily cleanable and to avoid collection of dirt. 10 GCA - HEALTH AND SAFETY Div. 2 - Environmental Health Ch. 38 - Miscellaneous - 1994 - p. � PAGE �1� (e) The drain shall not have a direct physical connection with a waste pipe unless the drain is trapped. (f) The waste opening pipe shall be provided with a strainer and be of sufficient size to carry off the water promptly. SOURCE: GC §9680.1. §38103. Fly Prevention. No person shall have or keep upon premises owned, leased or occupied by him, any articles, substance, thing of whatever kind, nature or description in which flies may breed unless the same be kept securely protected from flies. SOURCE: GC §9680.2. §38104. Compressed Air. Any equipment or mechanical device used to process compressed air for breathing shall be maintained and operated in such a manner so as to prevent the contamination of the air so processed and sold. The Director may order the owner, lessee or operator of the premises where any such equipment or mechanical devices is located, to the close down, seize to operate or remove any such equipment or mechanical devices which he deems to be dangerous to the public health, or take such other action as may be authorized in accordance with law. SOURCE: GC §9680.3.