For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PEST. An insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, terrestrial or aquatic plant, animal life, virus, bacteria or other organism designated by rule as a pest, except a virus, bacteria or other microorganism on or in living humans or other living animals.
PESTICIDE. A substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate a pest, and a substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
PLANT REGULATOR. A substance or mixture of substances intended through physiological action to accelerate or retard the rate of growth or rate of maturation of a plant, or to otherwise alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the produce of the plants. PLANT REGULATOR does not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants or soil amendments.
(Prior Code, § 31.015) (Am. Ord. 683, passed 11-5-2018)