Ingress and egress of rats.
San Antonio City Code § 15-106
in effectSec. 15-106. - Ingress and egress of rats.
(a) Leaning objects against buildings. It shall be unlawful to permit fishing poles, ladders or any other object that a rat could climb on in order to reach the roof of any business building to lean against the side or walls of such business building.
(b) Elevator shafts, etc. The owner of any business building shall protect elevator shafts, fire escapes and guy wires in such manner that rats will not be able to gain ingress into such building.
(c) Adjacent trees and limbs. It shall be the duty of any person in charge of a business building to trim the branches of all trees extending over and against such building, and such branches shall be cut and trimmed, and kept trimmed and cut, so that no part of any branch or any part of such tree shall be closer than ten (10) feet to any business building. The tops of all trees shall be cut back ten (10) feet from a line extending perpendicularly from any exterior wall of a business building.
(Code 1950, § 47-9; Code 1959, § 18-45)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH15HE_ARTVROCO_DIV1GE_S15-106INEGRAFetched: 10/27/2026