26-1421 Order Sent for Discussion

That, in view of the proliferation of rats in the city, the Director of Public Health and/or designees update this Council on the status of dumpster license registration and enforcement, including: estimates of the numbers of licensed and unlicensed dumpsters in the city which regularly contain discarded food; procedures for identifying unlicensed dumpsters and encouraging licensing; criteria for approval of dumpsters; staff capacity for dumpster inspection and enforcement; and current methods and best practices for excluding rodents from dumpsters.

Sponsors

Naima Sait, Emily Hardt, Ben Wheeler

Introduced

Sep 21, 2026

Assigned to

Public Health and Public Safety Committee

Enactment #

221264