(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)