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2. Annual application amount shall not exceed five tenths (0.5) pound of phosphate per one thousal1d (1,000) square feet of lawn area. C. Phosphorus use restrictions: 1. A person may not apply a fertilizer containing the plant nutrient phosphorus to turf, except under conditions listed in paragraph 2. 2. Paragraph I does not apply when: a. a tissue. soil. or other test by a laboratory or method approved by the commissioner and performed within the last three years indicates that the level of available phosphorus in the soil is insufficient to support healthy turf growth; b. the property owner or an agent of the property owner is first establishing turf via seed or sod procedures, and only during the first growing season; or c. the fertilizer containing the plant food phosphorus is used on a golf course under the direction of a person licensed. certified, or approved by an organization with an ongoing training program approved by the commissioner. 3. Applications of phosphorous fertilizer authorized under paragraph 2 must not exceed rates recommended by the University of Minnesota and approved by the commISSIOner. D. Impervious Surfaces: No person shall apply fertilizer to impervious surfaces. E. Buffer Zone: Fertilizer applications shall not be made within ten fiftv feet fWfQQl of any wetland or water resource. (Ord. 1024, 11-23-87) 408.04: PESTICIDE APPLICA TION WARNING SIGNS A. Warning Signs Required: All commercial applicators who apply pesticides and non- commercial applicators who apply pesticides in parks, golf courses, athletic fields. playgrounds, or other similar recreational property. must post warning signs on the property where the pesticides are applied in accordance with Minnesota Statute Section 18B.09. B. Sign Requirements: I. Warning signs must proiect at least eighteen (18) inches above the top of the grass line. 2. Warning signs must be of a material that is rain-resistant for at least a 48-hour period and must remain in place at least 48 hours after the time of initial application. 3. Warning signs must contain the following infonnation printed in contrasting colors and capitalized letters measuring at least one-half inch: a. The name of the business organization. entity. or person applying the pesticide; and b. The following language: "This area chemically treated. Keep children and pets off until (date of safe entry)." 4. The warning sign may include the name of the pesticide used. 3