This article regulates the proper use of fertilizers by any applicator; requires proper
training of commercial and institutional fertilizer applicators; establishes training
and licensing requirements; establishes a prohibited application period; specifies
allowable fertilizer application rates and methods, fertilizer-free zones, low maintenance
zones, and exemptions. The ordinance requires the use of best management practices
which provide specific management guidelines to minimize negative secondary and cumulative
environmental effects associated with the misuse of fertilizers. These secondary and
cumulative effects have been observed in and on the city's natural and constructed
stormwater conveyances, rivers, creeks, canals, springs, lakes, estuaries and other
waterbodies. Collectively, these waterbodies are an asset critical to the environmental,
recreational, cultural and economic well-being of the city's residents and the health
of the public. Overgrowth of algae and vegetation hinder the effectiveness of flood
attenuation provided by natural and constructed stormwater conveyances. Regulation
of nutrients, including both phosphorus and nitrogen contained in fertilizer, will
help improve and maintain water and habitat quality.
(Ord. No. 2012-06, § 1, 4-2-12)
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