PEST AND RODENT PREVENTION ADDENDUM Sample Clauses

PEST AND RODENT PREVENTION ADDENDUM. It is the goal of the Landlord to provide a quality living environment for all our residents. To help achieve this goal, it is important we work together to minimize and prevent any pests or rodents in your premises. That is why this addendum contains important information for you, as well as responsibilities for both you and us. This is an Addendum to your Lease. Pests and rodents can be found virtually everywhere in our environment - both indoor and outdoor and in both new and old structures. Colorado and particularly the urban areas have been afflicted with this problem for many years, particularly since the EPA’s elimination of DDT as a preventative chemical. Pests such as bed bugs are commonly transported by shoes, clothing, furniture (particularly used furniture) and other materials. A Landlord cannot timely and permanently eliminate pests and/or rodents without significant and ongoing Resident cooperation and effort. There is conflicting scientific evidence as to what contributes or encourages pests and rodents. Nonetheless, appropriate precautions need to be taken. In order to minimize the potential for pests and rodents in your Premises, you must do the following: • Keep your Premises clean - particularly the kitchen, the bathroom(s), carpets, linens and floors. Regularly vacuuming, mopping and using a household cleaner to clean hard surfaces is important to remove the household dirt/debris that harbors food and substances attractive to certain pests and rodents. Do not leave food or dirty dishes sitting out. Seal all food in airtight containers. • If bed bugs or other pests/rodents are detected, Resident agrees to undertake all efforts and tasks recommended by a qualified expert. With regard to bedbugs, such tasks include but are not limited to the following: Resident should strip all sheets and linen from all beds, and move all beds away from walls. Eliminate clutter and vacuum well to initially collect (and kill) as many bedbugs as possible. Vacuuming efforts should especially focus in and around bedrooms, underneath beds, around headboards, in mattress crevices and along mattress frame and tracks. All furniture should be carefully vacuumed as well with a strong vacuum and Resident should promptly dispose of all vacuum bags in dumpster. Clean out and disinfect all cabinets, drawers and closets. Use a stiff brush when cleaning to dislodge and destroy any eggs. Remove all clutter that would prevent effective service. Place all potentially infecte...