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Rodent Control in New Port Richey, FL

In New Port Richey, city code Section 11-32 requires every store, office, workshop or other business building to be kept free of rats under the county health officer, and under Section 11-34 its occupant must clear them out after a written notice or order. For homes, the city's housing code puts extermination on the owner of the lot, under Section 6-126(5). Get help with trapping and removing rats and mice, then sealing the way in.

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Statewide rules and background: Florida rodent guide

City code inside the limits, county code outside

New Port Richey is an incorporated city in Pasco County, and inside its limits the New Port Richey City Code applies instead of the county's. Section 6-126(5) of that code makes the owner of a lot responsible for exterminating rodents, in the building and on the lot. Many addresses in the New Port Richey ZIP Codes, 34652 to 34655, are outside the city; the city-limits question below explains how to tell.

Catching rats or mice that are already indoors is rat control or mouse control; closing the openings they used is rodent exclusion. If you rent, it helps to report signs to the owner in writing and keep a copy. The home table below shows how Florida's landlord statute, Section 83.51, sits beside the city rule.

What the city code says about rats

The city's rat article, rule by rule

Chapter 11 of the city code has a whole article on rodent control. Its first rules are for business buildings, which the code defines broadly, from hotels and offices to schools, churches and workshops. Where a lease makes the tenant responsible for maintenance and repairs, that tenant counts as the owner.

Situation: Any business building in the cityWho must act: It must be freed of rats and kept ratfree, under the direction of the county health officerCode section: 11-32
Situation: Checking business buildingsWho must act: The health officer may inspect unannounced and shall serve notices or orders to abate on the owners or occupantsCode section: 11-33
Situation: A written notice or order from the health officerWho must act: The occupant eradicates until the building is free of rats, keeps it ratfree, and repeats the work after any reinfestation; failing to comply is an offenseCode section: 11-34
Situation: A ratproofed business buildingWho must act: The occupant keeps the ratproofing repaired; the owner repairs breaks caused by natural deteriorationCode section: 11-35
Situation: Garbage or food waste rats could feed on, inside city limitsWho must act: Kept in covered containers until collected; dumping dead animals or food waste on any land or waterway is unlawfulCode section: 11-36
Situation: Lumber, boxes, barrels, bricks or stones on any premises, open lot or alleyWho must act: On open racks at least 18 inches above ground, evenly stacked; the health officer may excuse this only where a continuous rat eradication program runsCode section: 11-38

Section 11-37 also forbids any accumulation that may give rats food or harborage on premises, built on or vacant: garbage, rubbish, junk, furniture, appliances, derelict vehicles or boats, or trash. An order under the article can be appealed to the city's code enforcement board within 10 days.

Homes and rentals: who acts

For homes, the city sets its own standards in its Minimum Housing Code, part of Chapter 6 of the city code. For many rentals, Florida's landlord statute adds a duty of its own. The two apply together; neither replaces the other.

Situation: Rodents or other pests at a dwelling, inside the structure or on its lotWho must act: The owner of the lot or parcel exterminates, with no split by the number of unitsCode section: 6-126(5)
Situation: Garbage and organic waste that might feed rodentsWho must act: Every occupant puts it into the garbage facilities or storage containersCode section: 6-126(3)
Situation: Upkeep in a building with two or more dwelling unitsWho must act: The owner keeps up shared areas and exterior property; occupants keep their own part clean; a leasing tenant also maintains as far as the codes set outCode section: 6-107(a)
Situation: Renting out a home or unit in the cityWho must act: The owner: a residential rental permit each calendar year, and a local representative if living more than 50 miles away; complaint inspections need consent or a warrantCode section: 6-130
Situation: Exterior rental inspections, mobile homes includedWho must act: The code provides for one at least every three years, after at least 21 days' written notice, with consent or a warrant except in a life-safety emergency; ask if the cycle is runningCode section: 6-134
Situation: A rented unit, not a single-family home or duplex, with no written agreement otherwiseWho must act: State law has the landlord arrange reasonable rat and mouse extermination during the tenancyCode section: F.S. 83.51(2)(a)1

Under the same statute, a tenant who must leave for the work gets 7 days' written notice, abated rent and no more than 4 days out, and the landlord is not liable for damages. Section 83.51(4) lifts the duty for conditions caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the tenant, a family member or another person there with the tenant's consent. Neither table is legal advice.

Older, mixed housing with many renters

About 39.1% of New Port Richey's homes were built between 1960 and 1979, against 25.0% across Pasco County. Only 9.9% went up in 2000 or later, against 38.4% for Pasco County.

The mix differs too. Single-family detached houses make up about 45.4% of homes, against Pasco County's 63.6%. About 11.1% sit in buildings of 2 to 4 units, against Pasco County's 3.1%, and about 43.1% of occupied homes are rented, against Pasco County's 24.3%. So before booking, check the home table above to see whether the owner, the landlord or both should arrange the work.

City trash pickup and the cart window

Inside city limits, household trash is collected through the city under Chapter 10 of the city code, not through a private subscription.

  • One hauler citywide: The city grants a single collection franchise for every property in the city. Its trash page names Waste Pro of Florida, doing business as J.D. Parker and Sons, in place since March 2, 2024, and says property owners are billed.
  • Pickup days and the cart window: Curbside collection at homes runs on Mondays and Thursdays. Containers may go out after 4:00 p.m. the day before and must come back in by the end of collection day.
  • Covers that close: Section 10-22 requires every container to be kept in good repair with a cover tight enough to keep out flies and other insects, and containers for wet waste to be watertight. Replace a lid that no longer closes.
  • Missed pickups and dumping: Report a missed pickup to J.D. Parker and Sons at (727) 841-4260, and illegal dumping to Public Works at (727) 841-4544.

Code Enforcement, part of the city's Police Department, handles trash and debris, illegal dumping, lawn maintenance and junk vehicles. Reach it at (727) 841-4550 extension 6 or through the city's online Report a Code Enforcement Issue link.

Sealing older homes, and plans for businesses

  • Rodent Exclusion

    About 39.1% of the city's homes were built between 1960 and 1979, so many homes here are decades old. Ask for a written list of every opening the pro finds and the material for each, and in a rental, settle who arranges the work first.

  • Commercial Rodent Control

    Shops, offices, restaurants and other business buildings have their own rules in Sections 11-32 to 11-35 of the city's rodent article, in the first table above. Ask a pro about a plan that includes follow-up checks as well as the first clean-out, and about where stock and boxes are stored.

Related services

  • Mouse Extermination

    For mice in an apartment or a building of a few units, where the home table shows who acts.

  • Rat Extermination

    For rats in the roof, the walls or a storeroom piled with boxes.

  • Rodent Removal

    When rats or mice have already moved in and need to be caught.

  • Attic Rodent Removal

    When the noise comes from the attic at night, plus cleanup of what they left.

Common Questions About New Port Richey Rodent Control

  • Under the city's housing code, Section 6-126(5), the owner of the lot handles extermination, and in a multi-unit building the owner also keeps up the shared areas and the outside. A fourplex is neither a single-family home nor a duplex, so the Florida Statute 83.51(2)(a)1 row in the home table above applies to it too, with every condition the table lists. Tell the owner in writing which units have signs, and ask for the inspection to cover the walls and spaces the units share.

  • If the county health officer has served a written notice or order, have it on hand, because Section 11-34 of the city's rodent article ties the occupant's duty to it, and Section 11-39 allows only a short window to appeal, as the note under the first table shows. Note where you have seen droppings, gnawing or burrows, and show the pro where boxes, lumber and other stock are stored.

  • No. The city code applies only inside city limits. The New Port Richey ZIP Codes 34652 to 34655 also take in unincorporated Pasco communities such as Elfers, Jasmine Estates, Moon Lake and Trinity, where Pasco County's rules apply and the Wesley Chapel page sets them out, and ZIP Code 34652 also reaches into the separate City of Port Richey, which has its own code. Ask the city whether an address is inside its limits before relying on this page.

  • The city's flood page says the Gulf and the Cotee River can bring storm surge, flash flooding and prolonged flooding, and notes that city code Section 6-124(3) limits how long a roof may stay tarped. Once it is safe, walk around the house for new gaps. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rodent guidance for natural disasters also advises keeping food in containers with tight-fitting lids, and keeping food, water and hiding places away from rats and mice.

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When you call, say whether the property is a house, a unit in a small apartment building or a business, and whether any written notice about rats has arrived, so the visit starts in the right place.

What happens next

  1. Call and describe what you have seen and where.
  2. A trusted local pro can set up an inspection and confirm whether you have rats or mice.
  3. Ask them to explain trapping, removal and sealing, and what the work involves, before any work starts.
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Sources

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