§ 34-242. Definitions.

For this division, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Application or apply means the actual physical deposition of fertilizer to turf or landscape plants.

Applicator means any person who applies fertilizer on turf and/or landscape plants in the Village of Palm Springs.

Approved test means a soil test from the University of Florida, government, or other commercial licensed laboratory that regularly performs soil testing and recommendations.

Best management practices or BMPs means turf and landscape practices, or combination of practices, based on research, field-testing, and expert review, determined to be the most effective and practical site-specific means, including economic and technological considerations, for improving water quality, conserving water supplies and protecting natural resources.

Code enforcement officer, official, or inspector means any designated employee or agent of Village of Palm Springs whose duty it is to enforce codes and ordinances enacted by the Village of Palm Springs.

Commercial fertilizer applicator, commercial applicator , except as provided in F.S. § 482.1562(9), means any person who applies fertilizer for payment or other consideration to property not owned by the person or firm applying the fertilizer or the employer of the applicators.

Fertilizer means any substance or mixture of substances that contains one or more recognized plant nutrients and promotes plant growth, or controls soil acidity or alkalinity, or provides other soil enrichment, or provides other corrective measures to the soil.

Fertilizing or fertilization means the act of applying fertilizer to turf specialized turf or landscape plants.

Institutional applicator means any person, other than a private, noncommercial or a commercial applicator (unless such definitions also apply under the circumstances), that applies fertilizer for the purpose of maintaining turf and/or landscape plants. Institutional applicators shall include, but shall not be limited to, owners, managers, or employees of public lands, schools, parks, religious institutions, utilities, industrial or business sites and any residential properties maintained in condominium and/or common ownership.

Landscape plant means any native or nonnative tree, shrub, or groundcover (excluding turf).

Pasture means land managed for livestock grazing

Person means any natural person, business, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, association, club, organization, and/or any group of people acting as an organized entity.

Prohibited application period means the time period during which a flood watch or warning, a tropical storm watch, or warning, or a hurricane watch or warning is in effect for any portion of Village of Palm Springs, issued by the National Weather Service, or if heavy rain (two inches or more within a 24-hour period) is likely.

Saturated soil means a soil in which the voids are filled with water. Saturation does not require flow. For the proposes of this division, soils shall be considered saturated if standing water is present or the pressure of a person standing on the soil causes the release of free water.

Slow-release, controlled release, timed release, slowly-available or water insoluble nitrogen means nitrogen in a form which delays its availability for vegetative uptake and use after application, or which extends its availability to the vegetation longer than a reference rapid or quick release product.

Turf, sod or lawn means an area of grass-covered soil held together by the roots of the grass.

Urban landscape means pervious areas on residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, highway rights-of-way, or other nonagricultural lands that are planted with turf or landscape plants. For the purposes of this section, agriculture has the same meaning as provide in F.S. § 570.02 (2011).

(Ord. No. 2012-19, § 1, 6-28-2012)