Subd. 1. License required. No person, firm, corporation or franchise shall engage in the business of commercial lawn fertilizer applicator within the city unless a license has been obtained from the City Administrator/Clerk or a designee as provided herein.
Subd. 2. License application procedure. Applicants for a commercial lawn fertilizer applicator license shall be submitted to the City Administrator/Clerk or a designee. The application shall consist of the following:
a. Application form. Application forms shall be provided by the city and shall include the following information:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of applicant and any individuals authorized to represent the applicant;
(2) Description of lawn fertilizer formula proposed to be applied on lawns within the city;
(3) A time schedule for application of lawn fertilizer and identification of weather conditions acceptable for lawn fertilizer application;
b. Minnesota state licenses. A copy of all licenses required of the applicant by the State of Minnesota regarding the application of pesticides and fertilizers;
c. License fee. The license fee as established in Chapter 13 of the City Code. The license shall expire on the last day of February. The license fee shall not be prorated.
d. Certificate of insurance. A copy of the applicator’s current certificate of insurance.
Subd. 3. Conditions of license. Commercial lawn fertilizer applicator licenses shall be issued subject to the following conditions that shall be specified on the license form:
a. Random sampling. Commercial lawn fertilizer applicators shall permit the city to sample any commercial lawn fertilizer applications to be applied within the city at any time after issuance of the initial license;
b. Possession of license. The commercial lawn fertilizer license, or a copy thereof, shall be in the possession of any party employed by the commercial lawn fertilizer applicator when making lawn fertilizer applications within the city;
c. Possession of Product Material Safety Data Sheet. The Product Material Data Safety Sheet of the lawn fertilizer used shall be in the possession of the commercial lawn fertilizer applicator.
d. State regulations. Licensee shall comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Fertilizer, Soil Amendment and Plant Amendment Law, M.S. Chapter 18C, as it may be amended from time to time. The license shall also comply with the provisions of the Pesticide Control as contained in M.S. Chapter 18B.
(1987 Code, § 310.03) (Am. Ord. 391, passed 11-12-2002)