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FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE APPLICATION
(A) No person, firm, corporation, or franchise shall engage in the business of commercial lawn fertilizer application within the city unless a license has been obtained from the City Administrator. A license fee shall be paid by the commercial lawn fertilizer applicator and a performance bond shall be submitted to the City Clerk.
(B) The commercial lawn fertilizer applicators shall permit the city to sample any commercial lawn fertilizer application to be applied within the city at any time after issuance of the initial license. The license shall be in the possession of the applicator or any employee thereof when making lawn fertilizer applications within the city. The licensee shall comply with the provisions of M.S. § 17.710, as it may be amended from time to time.
(C) Upon the city’s request, the property owner shall provide the city with samples of lawn fertilizer to be applied by the owner.
(D) Lawn fertilizer shall not be applied when the ground is frozen or between November 15 and April 15 of each year.
(E) No person, firm, corporation, or franchise shall apply liquid lawn fertilizer with excessive amounts of phosphate as described in the this section.
(F) All commercial or noncommercial applicators of pesticides shall post or affix warning signs to the property where the pesticides are applied of the kind and in the manner described in this section.
(Ord. 32, passed 2-20-1990)
No person, firm, corporation, or franchise shall apply liquid fertilizer within the city which contains more than 0.5% by weight of phosphate, expressed as P2
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5, or granular fertilizer which contains more than 3% by weight of phosphate, expressed as P2
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5, unless a single application is less than or equal to 0.05 pounds of phosphate, expressed as P2
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5, per 1,000 square feet. Annual application amounts shall not exceed 0.10 pounds of phosphate, expressed as P2
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5, per 1,000 square feet of lawn area.
(Ord. 33, passed 4-17-1990)
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided in division (B)(1) above, if the City Board is required to institute proceedings to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate any failure to comply with the provisions of §§ 94.01 to 94.08, it may assess the cost of the action or proceeding against the affected real property or collect same from the owner.
(C) Any person, firm, corporation, or franchise who violates §§ 94.20 or 94.21 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both, except that any person not having a commercial lawn fertilizer license in his or her possession shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
(Ord. 32, passed 2-20-1990; Ord. 52, passed 7-18-1995)