(a) Any sale, distribution, application, labeling, manufacture, transportation, storage, or disposal of a pesticide, herbicide, or fertilizer within the city must comply fully with all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations, including but not limited to:
(1) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA);
(2) federal regulations promulgated pursuant to FIFRA; and
(3) applicable provisions of Chapters 63 and 76 of the Texas Agriculture Code, as amended, and state regulations promulgated pursuant to those chapters.
(b) A license, permit, registration, certification, or evidence of financial responsibility required by state or federal law for the sale, distribution, application, manufacture, transportation, storage, or disposal of a pesticide, herbicide, or fertilizer must be presented to the director, the environmental health officer, any city code compliance officer, and any police officer for examination upon request.
(c) No person shall, within the city, use or cause to be used any pesticide or herbicide contrary to any directions for use on any labeling required by state or federal statute or regulation.
(d) No person shall, within the city, use, dispose of, discard, store, or transport a pesticide, herbicide, or fertilizer or a pesticide, herbicide, or fertilizer container in a manner that the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to cause, or does cause, a harmful quantity of the pesticide, herbicide, or fertilizer to enter the stormwater drainage system, waters of the United States, or state water. (Ord. Nos. 24033; 28461)