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a. Name, address and telephone number of applicant and any individuals authorized to represent the applicant. b. Description of lawn fertilizer fonnula proposed to be applied on lawns within the City. c. A time schedule for application oflawn fertilizer and identification of weather conditions acceptable for lawn fertilizer application. 2. Fertilizer Sample: A chemical analysis of a sample of the lawn fertilizer shall be submitted to the City along with the initial application for a license and at least thirty (30) days before fertilizer composition changes are implemented. Said analysis shall be certified by an independent testing laboratory. 3. License Fee: The annual license fee for a commercial lawn fertilizer applicator shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). The license shall expire on December 31. The license fee shall not be prorated. C. Conditions of License: Commercial lawn fertilizer applicator licenses shall be issued subject to the following conditions which shall be specified on the license fonn: 1. Random Sampling: 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. 2. Possession of License: The commercial lawn fertilizer application license, or a copy of such license, shall be in the possession of any party employed by the commercial lawn fertilizer applicator when making lawn fertilizer applications within the City. 3. State Regulations: Licensee shall comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Fertilizer, aM Soil Amendment. and Plant Amendment Conditioner Law as contained in Minnesota Statute sections 17.711 through and including section 17.729 18C.00L et seq. and amendments thereto. (Ord. 1024, 11-23-87) 408.03: GENERAL REGULATIONS: A. Time of Application: Lawn fertilizer applications shall not be applied when the ground is frozen or between January 1 and April 15, and between November 15 and December 31. B. Sample Analysis Cost: The cost of analyzing fertilizer samples taken from commercial applicators shall be paid by the commercial applicators if the same analysis indicates that the phosphate content exceeds the levels authorized in subsection 408.03C. C. Fertilizer Content: I. No person shall apply liquid fertilizer within the City whieh contains more than one halfpereent (0.5%), by weight, of phosphate, or granular fertilizer which contains more than three percent (3%) by weight of phosphate, unless the single application is less than or equal to ten one hundredths (0.10) pound of phosphate per on thousand (1,000) square feet in the fonn ofP 5. The quantity of phosphate applied to newly established turf areas is not limited by this subsection during the first growing season. 2