Township of Gloucester, NJ
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2023-10-23
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 74E Low-Phosphorous Fertilizer
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Code
- Ch 3 Advisory Historical and Scenic Preservation Committee
- Ch 4 Blackwood Lake Advisory Committee
- Ch 5 Personnel Policies
- Ch 6 Civil Service
- Ch 7 Court, Municipal
- Ch 8 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 9 Environmental and Open Space Advisory Committee
- Ch 10 Emergency Services Council
- Ch 10A Fire Prevention Committee; Smoke Detectors
- Ch 10B Historian
- Ch 11 Housing Authority
- Ch 12 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 13 Insurance Fund
- Ch 15 Police Department
- Ch 15A Political Fund-Raising on Public Property
- Ch 16 Purchasing
- Ch 19 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 19A Tort Claims Notice
- Ch 20 Uniform Construction Codes
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 21A Youth Counseling and Employee Assistance
- Ch 22 Youth Recognition and Assistance Committee
- Ch 23 Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee
- General Legislation
- Ch 24 Adult Use Establishments
- Ch 25 Air Pollution Control Code
- Ch 25A Alarm System
- Ch 26 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 26A Marijuana Establishments
- Ch 27 Amusement Devices
- Ch 28 Littering
- Ch 29 Graffiti
- Ch 32 Autobuses
- Ch 33 Vehicles for Sale, Rent or Lease
- Ch 34 Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked
- Ch 37 Brush, Weeds and Obnoxious Growth
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 42A (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Cleanup of Hazardous Substances
- Ch 45 Curfew
- Ch 46A Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 47 Pets and Animal Abuse
- Ch 47A Community Cats
- Ch 48 Backyard Chickens
- Ch 49 Entertainment on Sunday
- Ch 51 Fees
- Ch 52 Fire Prevention
- Ch 53 Fire Lanes and Fire Zones
- Ch 53A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 54 Garage Sales
- Ch 55 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 56 Gasoline Stations, Pumps and Apparatus
- Ch 57 General Licenses and Permits
- Ch 58 Hawkers, Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
- Ch 58A Height of Plant Life Near Roadways
- Ch 59 Housing Code
- Ch 59A Rental Housing and Property Maintenance Compliance
- Ch 59B Neighborhood Rehabilitation
- Ch 60 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 60A Insurance
- Ch 61 Junkyards and Junk Shops
- Ch 62 Massage, Massage Therapy and Related Services
- Ch 63 Mercantile Licensing
- Ch 63A Pawnbrokers and Dealers in Secondhand Goods
- Ch 64 Multiple Dwelling Security Funds
- Ch 64A Municipal Swimming Pool
- Ch 65 Noise
- Ch 65A Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch 65B Youth Sports Code of Conduct
- Ch 65C Parking Permit System
- Ch 66 Parks and Picnic Areas
- Ch 67 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 67A Property Maintenance
- Ch 68 Rent Stabilization
- Ch 68A Rent Stabilization for Manufactured Home Parks
- Ch 69 Retail Food Establishments: Licensing
- Ch 69A Seasonal Sales
- Ch 70 Smoking
- Ch 70A Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
- Ch 71 Soil Removal
- Ch 72 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 73 Street Address Numbering
- Ch 74 Stormwater Management
- Ch 74A Illicit Connection
- Ch 74B Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 74C Yard Waste Collection Program and Containers
- Ch 74D Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 74E Low-Phosphorous Fertilizer
- § 74E-1 Purpose.
- § 74E-2 Definitions.
- § 74E-3 Prohibited conduct.
- § 74E-4 Exceptions to prohibition.
- Ch 74F Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 74G Refuse Containers and Dumpsters
- Ch 75 Swimming Pools
- Ch 76 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 77 Taxation
- Ch 78 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 78A Tobacco Vending Machines
- Ch 79 Towing
- Ch 79A Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System
- Ch 80 Crane Regulations
- Ch 81 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 82 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Board of Health Ordinances
- Ch 84 Health Services Advisory Board
- Ch 85 Cesspools and Privies
- Ch 87 Communicable Diseases: Contact Restrictions
- Ch 92 Nuisance Code
- Ch 94 Pigs and Piggeries
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 Sanitary Sewer Connections
- Ch 99 Smoke Control Code
- Appendix
- Ch A100 Fire Districts
- Ch A101 Cable Television Franchise Agreement
- Ch A201 Fees Compilation
- Ch A301 Cable Television Programming
- Land Development
- Ch 500 Land Development
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Gloucester 9-26-2005 by Ord.
No. O-05-38. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the outdoor application
of fertilizer other than low-phosphorous fertilizer in the Township
of Gloucester, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
Any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients
which is used for its plant nutrient content, and which is designed
for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth; except
that it shall not be considered to include animal or vegetable manure
or compost.
A fertilizer for which the guaranteed analysis, stated in
whole numbers, of available phosphoric acid is zero.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
It shall be unlawful to apply outdoors any fertilizer other
than low-phosphorus fertilizer.
A.
Any application of fertilizer at a commercial farm that is exempted
by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
B.
Any application of fertilizer needed for establishing new vegetation
after land disturbance in accordance with the requirements established
under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A. 4:24-39
et seq., and implementing rules.
