Town of Islip, NY
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2024-01-23
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Chapter 7 Pesticides
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Ordinances: Notice and Publication
- Ch 1B Alternate Members
- Ch 2 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 3 Assessor, Department of
- Ch 3A Aviation and Transportation Department
- Ch 3B (Reserved)
- Ch 3C Off-Airport Rental Car Businesses
- Ch 3D (Reserved)
- Ch 3E (Reserved)
- Ch 3F (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Bicycles
- Ch 4A Skateboards
- Ch 5 Bingo
- Ch 6 American Flag, Desecration of
- Ch 6A Property Maintenance
- Ch 7 Pesticides
- Ch 7 Art I Maintenance of Town-Owned Properties
- § 7-1 Definitions.
- § 7-2 Use of synthetic pesticides and plant regulators prohibited.
- § 7-3 Exceptions.
- § 7-4 Organic lawn care required.
- § 7-5 Severability.
- § 7-6 When effective.
- Ch 8 Cannabis
- Ch 9 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 9A Cable Television Regulations
- Ch 10 Capital Budgeting System
- Ch 10A Environmental Control Department
- Ch 10B Comptroller, Department of
- Ch 11 Conservation of Energy
- Ch 12 Animals
- Ch 13 Nature Preserve Trust
- Ch 13A Environmental Council
- Ch 13B Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 14 Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Law
- Ch 15 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 16 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 17 Fair Employment Practices
- Ch 17A Residency of Town Employees
- Ch 17B Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 17C Nonunion Fringe Benefits
- Ch 18 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 19 Fire Prevention
- Ch 21 Solid Waste
- Ch 21A (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Games of Chance
- Ch 23 Government: Continuity
- Ch 23A Graffiti
- Ch 24 Defense of Officers, Employees and Appointed Officers
- Ch 25 Hospital Zones
- Ch 25A Housebarges
- Ch 26 Housing: Discriminatory Practices
- Ch 27 Civil Service, Department of
- Ch 28 Human Services, Department of
- Ch 28A Ice Cream Trucks
- Ch 29 Junkyards and Scrap Metal Processing Facilities
- Ch 30 Ladders on Bulkheads
- Ch 31 Licenses and Permits: Issuance
- Ch 32 Littering
- Ch 33 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 34 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 35 Noise
- Ch 35A Nudity on Public Beaches
- Ch 36 Parades, Assemblies and Carnivals
- Ch 36A Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department
- Ch 37 Parks, Swimming Pools, Marinas, Boats and Waterways
- Ch 38 Tobacco and Cannabis
- Ch 39 Peddlers
- Ch 39A Planning and Development, Department of
- Ch 40 Plumbers: Licensing
- Ch 40A Public Nuisances
- Ch 40B Public Safety Enforcement, Department of
- Ch 41 Public Works Department
- Ch 42 Racetracks
- Ch 42A Receiver of Taxes, Department of
- Ch 43 Sales of Personal Property
- Ch 43A Sewers
- Ch 44 Shellfish
- Ch 45 Shopping Carts: Unlawful Taking, Misuse and Abandonment
- Ch 46 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 47 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 47A Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 47B Subdivision Improvements
- Ch 47C Supervisor, Department of
- Ch 48 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Senior Citizens
- Ch 48A Taxation: Business Exemption
- Ch 48B Taxation: Homestead Base Proportion
- Ch 48C Taxation: Handicapped Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48D Taxation: Partial Exemption for Veterans
- Ch 48E Taxation: Business Investment Exemption
- Ch 48F Taxation: Home Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48G Taxation: Exemption for Persons With Disabilities
- Ch 48H Taxation: Exemption for Volunteer Fire Fighter and Ambulance Workers
- Ch 48I Taxation: Exemption for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 48J Taxation: Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief
- Ch 49 Taxicabs
- Ch 49A Terms of Office
- Ch 50 Town Attorney, Department of
- Ch 50A Town Board, Office of
- Ch 50B Town Clerk, Department of
- Ch 51 Towing Businesses
- Ch 52 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 52A (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Empire Zone
- Ch 54 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 55 Trapping
- Ch 56 Trawling and Eel Dredging
- Ch 57 Trees
- Ch 58 Trespassing
- Ch 59 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 60 Abandoned and Impounded Property
- Ch 60A Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 61 Vehicular Uses: Fire Island
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Water Districts: Rules and Regulations
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Water Quality
- Ch 67 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 68 Zoning
- Ch 69 Administrative Adjudication, Bureau of
- Appendix
- Ch A78 Zoning Appendix
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Traffic Code
- Part I: The Traffic Law
- Ch TC1 General Provisions
- Ch TC2 Traffic Regulations
- Ch TC3 Parking Regulations
- Ch TC4 Off-Street Parking Areas
- Ch TC5 Commercial Vehicles; Weight Limits
- Ch TC6 Removal and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch TC7 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch TC8 Metered Parking
- Part II: The Schedules
- Sch A Traffic Control Signals
- Sch B (Reserved)
- Sch C Prohibited Turns
- Sch D U-Turns
- Sch E One-Way Streets
- Sch F Parking Area Exits and Entrances
- Sch G Stop and Yield Intersections
- Sch H Speed Limits on Certain Streets
- Sch I School Speed Limits
- Sch J Parking, Stopping and Standing Restrictions
- Sch K Parking for Shopping Centers, Apartment Complexes, Hospitals, Fire Districts and Industrial Parks
- Sch L Town Parking Lots
- Sch M Truck Exclusions
- Traffic Code Disposition List
- Ch TCDL Traffic Code Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 6A.
Environmental Council — See Ch. 13A.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 13B.
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department — See Ch. 36A.
Water quality — See Ch. 67.
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Editor's Note: Former Ch. 7, Building Code, adopted 6-14-1938,
as amended, was repealed 9-12-2000.
[Adopted 8-17-2010 by L.L. No. 9-2010]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any substance or mixture of substances, intended through
physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth
or rate of maturation or for otherwise altering the behavior of ornamental
or crop plants or their produce, but shall not include substances
which are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional
chemicals, plant inoculants and soil amendments.
Unless the use is classified as an exception under § 7-3, the application of pesticides or plant regulators to any Town-owned parcel of land is hereby prohibited.
A.
An
emergency application of a pesticide or plant regulator may be made
as determined by the Commissioner of the Town of Islip Department
of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
B.
The following shall not be considered an application of pesticides as defined under § 7-2:
(1)
The application of antimicrobial pesticides and antimicrobial products
as defined by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
(7 U.S.C. §§ 136(mm) and 136q(h)(2));
(2)
The use of an aerosol product with a directed spray, in containers
of 18 fluid ounces or less, when used to protect individuals from
stinging and biting insects, including venomous spiders, bees, wasps
and hornets;
(3)
The use of nonvolatile insect or rodent bait in a tamper-resistant
container;
(4)
The application of a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency as an exempt material under 40 CFR 152.25;
(5)
The use of boric acid and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate;
(6)
The use of horticultural soap and oils that do not contain synthetic
pesticides or synergists.
A.
The
Town shall only use organic lawn care materials in the maintenance
of Town-owned parcels of land, with the exception of Town of Islip
golf courses.
B.
Any
outside vendors, contractors or other entities that enter into an
agreement with the Town of Islip for the maintenance or use of Town-owned
parcels of land shall only use organic lawn care materials in the
maintenance of said parcels of land, with the exception of Town of
Islip golf courses.
If any clause, sentence, section, paragraph or provision of
this article or any rule or regulation hereunder shall be adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this article
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, section,
paragraph or provision or rule or regulation directly involved in
the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
This article shall take effect immediately upon the filing thereof
in the office of the New York Secretary of State.
