(a) A commercial or institutional applicator shall have readily available the product name, type of use, and the percentage weight and ratio of elemental phosphorus for every manufactured fertilizer applied to general turf along with the corresponding material safety data sheets. The applicator is required to present this information upon request of the Fertilizer Program Administrator.
(b) A commercial or institutional applicator of manufactured fertilizer shall provide a five-ounce random sample of any manufactured fertilizer used by the commercial or institutional applicator in the City upon request by the Fertilizer Program Administrator.
(c) A commercial or institutional applicator of manufactured fertilizers shall immediately provide soil test results for a general turf area where the applicator has applied manufactured fertilizer containing phosphorus or compounds containing phosphorus within forty-eight hours of a written request for the test results by the Fertilizer Program Administrator.
(d) The Fertilizer Program Administrator shall have the right to inspect property on which manufactured fertilizer has been applied by a registered applicator and to otherwise monitor applicators for conformance with this chapter.
(e) It shall be a violation of this chapter:
(1) If a manufactured fertilizer sample provided by a commercial or institutional applicator is found to contain phosphorus and the application of the fertilizer is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) If a commercial or institutional applicator fails to provide the product name, type of use, and the percentage weight and ratio of elemental phosphorus for every manufactured fertilizer applied to general turf.
(3) If a commercial or institutional applicator fails to immediately provide upon request the corresponding material data safety sheets for the manufactured fertilizer being applied.
(f) The conduct of the agents and employees of a commercial or institutional applicator, while engaged in the application of manufactured fertilizer, is deemed the conduct of the commercial and institutional applicator, subjecting the principal or employer to the municipal civil infraction penalties of this chapter.
(Ord. 13-07. Passed 9-4-07.)