SANITARY NUISANCES

Sanitary Nuisances

The Environmental Health Section investigates alleged nuisance complaints and initiates enforcement action against those entities responsible. Typical nuisances addressed by the Health Department include, but are not limited to

• Failing septic systems
• Sewage leaks
• The keeping of diseased animals which pose a threat to human health
• The creation, maintenance, or causing of any condition capable of breeding flies and mosquitoes

Please report complaints to (352) 540-6800 x9.

Links 

• Hernando County Office of Code Enforcement

Regulatory Code

• Florida Statutes Chapter 386.041, Sanitary Nuisances Injurious to Health (PDF-13KB)

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