Terms in this article shall have the following definitions, if not previously accepted pursuant to the Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. Supplemental definitions for specific technical terms should be defined at the reference location at which they first appear in this chapter. If a conflict exists in terms of the supplemental definitions with these definitions, the specific definition for the specific applicable condition shall apply.
APPLICATION or APPLY - The actual physical deposition of fertilizer to turf or landscape plants.
APPLICATOR - Any person who applies fertilizer on turf and/or landscape plants in the City of Boynton Beach.
APPROVED TEST - A soil test from the University of Florida, government, or other commercial licensed laboratory that regularly performs soil testing and recommendations.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs) - Turf and landscape practices or combination of practices based on research, field-testing, and expert review, determined to be the most effective and practical site-specific means, including economic and technological considerations, for improving water quality, conserving water supplies and protecting natural resources.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER APPLICATOR - Except as provided in F.S. § 482.1562(9), any person who applies fertilizer for payment or other consideration to property not owned by the person or firm applying the fertilizer or the employer of the applicators.
COMMUNITY STANDARDS OFFICER, OFFICIAL, or INSPECTOR - Any designated employee or agent of the City of Boynton Beach whose duty it is to enforce codes and ordinances enacted by the City of Boynton Beach.
FERTILIZER - Any substance or mixture of substances that contains one (1) or more recognized plant nutrients and promotes plant growth, or controls soil acidity or alkalinity, or provides other soil enrichment, or provides other corrective measures to the soil.
FERTILIZING or FERTILIZATION - The act of applying fertilizer to turf, specialized turf, or landscape plants.
INSTITUTIONAL APPLICATOR - Any person, other than a private, noncommercial or a commercial applicator (unless such definitions also apply under the circumstances), that applies fertilizer for the purpose of maintaining turf and/or landscape plants. Institutional applicators shall include, but shall not be limited to, owners, managers, or employees of public lands, schools, parks, religious institutions, utilities, industrial or business sites and any residential properties maintained in condominium and/or common ownership.
LANDSCAPE PLANT - Any native or non-native tree, shrub, or groundcover (excluding turf).
PASTURE - Land managed for livestock grazing.
PROHIBITED APPLICATION PERIOD - The time period during which a Flood Watch or Warning, a Tropical Storm Watch or Warning, or a Hurricane Watch or Warning is in effect for any portion of the City of Boynton Beach, issued by the National Weather Service, or if heavy rain (two (2) inches or more within a twenty-four (24) hour period) is likely.
SATURATED SOIL - A soil in which the voids are filled with water. Saturation does not require flow. For the purposes of this article, soils shall be considered saturated if standing water is present or the pressure of a person standing on the soil causes the release of free water.
SLOW-RELEASE, CONTROLLED RELEASE, TIMED RELEASE, SLOWLY-AVAILABLE, or WATER INSOLUBLE NITROGEN - Nitrogen in a form which delays its availability for vegetative uptake and use after application, or which extends its availability to the vegetation longer than a reference rapid or quick release product.
TURF, SOD, or LAWN - An area of grass-covered soil held together by the roots of the grass.
URBAN LANDSCAPE - Pervious areas on residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, highway rights-of-way, or other nonagricultural lands that are planted with turf or landscape plants. For the purposes of this section, agriculture has the same meaning as provided in F.S. § 570.02.
(Ord. 19-019, passed 7-2-19)