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<br />1170.04. <br /> <br />General Regulations. <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Time of Auulication. Neither commercial applicators or noncommercial applicators <br />. may apply lawn fertilizer when the ground is frozen or when conditions exist which will promote or create <br />runoffs. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Samule Analvsis Cost. The cost of analyzing fertilizer samples taken from <br />commercial applicators shall be paid by the commercial applicators if the sample analysis indicates that <br />phosphorus content exceeds the levels authorized herein. <br /> <br />Subd.3. Fertilizer Content. Neither a commercial applicator nor a noncommercial applicator <br />shall apply any lawn fertilizer, liquid or granular, within the City of Plymouth which contains any amount of <br /> <br />phosphorous or other compound containing phosphorous, such as phosphate, exceut: <br /> <br />(a) the naturally occurring phosphorous in unadulterated natural or organic fertilizing products <br />such as yard waste compost <br /> <br />(b) or as otherwise provided in Section 1170.05. <br /> <br />Subd.4. Imuervious Surfaces and Drainae:e Ways. No person shall apply fertilizer to <br />impervious surfaces, areas within drainage ditches, or waterways. <br /> <br />Subd. 5. <br /> <br />Buffer Zone. Fertilizers and pesticides shall not be applied: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />to any established natural buffer zones as outlined in City Wetland Ordinance No. 95-2; <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />below the Ordinary High Water lines as established by the Minnesota Department of Natural <br />Resources; or <br />with ten (10) feet of any wetland or water resource. <br /> <br />c) <br /> <br />Subd.6. Warnine: Sie:ns for Pesticide Auulication. All commercial or noncommercial lawn <br />fertilizer applicators who apply pesticides to turf areas must post or affix warning signs on the property <br />where the pesticides are applied. The warning signs shall comply with the following criteria and contain the <br />following information: <br /> <br />(a) The warning signs must project at least eighteen (18) inches above the top of the grass line. <br />The warning signs must be of a material that is rain resistant for at least a forty-eight (48) <br />hour period and must remain in place up to forty-eight (48) hours from the time of initial <br />application. <br /> <br />(b) The following information must be printed on the warning signs in contrasting colors and <br />capitalized letters measuring at least one-half inch (1/2"), or in another format approved by <br />the Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture. The signs must provide the following <br />information: <br /> <br />(1) The name of the business, entity, or person applying the pesticide; and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />The following language: "This area chemically treated. Keep children and pets off <br />until (date of safe entry)" or a universally accepted symbol and text approved by the <br /> <br />Page 3 of6 <br />Phosphate Free Fertilizer Ordinances <br /> <br />City of Plymouth <br />