[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Lake George 7-19-2010 by L.L. No. 10-2010. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 114.
No person shall at any time apply any lawn fertilizer within
the Village of Lake George that is labeled as containing any phosphorus
or other compound containing phosphorus.
A.
No person shall apply lawn fertilizer between December 1 and April
1.
B.
No person shall apply lawn fertilizer to any impervious surface,
including parking lots, roadways, and sidewalks. (If such application
occurs, the fertilizer must be immediately contained and either legally
applied to turf or placed in an appropriate container.)
C.
No person shall apply lawn fertilizer to any turf or lawn area in
the Village except that this restriction shall not apply where a continuous
natural vegetative buffer, at least 10 feet wide, separates a turf
or lawn area and surface water.
D.
No resident shall be held responsible if a professional landscaper
has been contracted to apply the prohibited chemicals.
E.
All professional landscapers shall be notified of this regulation
annually upon obtaining a required license of occupation and business.
The prohibitions against the use of lawn fertilizer shall not
apply to:
A.
Newly established turf or lawn areas during their first growing season.
B.
Turf or lawn areas for which soil tests confirm the need for additional
phosphorous application. The lawn fertilizer application shall not
contain an amount of phosphorus exceeding the amount and rate of application
recommended in the soil test evaluation.
C.
Agricultural uses, vegetable and flower gardens or application to
trees or shrubs.
For any first violation of the provisions of this chapter or
any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, a civil penalty
not exceeding $100 shall be imposed. For any second and successive
violations, a civil penalty not exceeding $150 shall be imposed for
each single violation. No civil penalty shall be imposed as provided
for herein unless the alleged violator has received notice of the
charge against him or her and has had an opportunity to be heard.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing of this
chapter with the Department of State.
