Every person who engages in, conducts or carries on the business
of spraying trees, plants, vines or orchards within the city shall,
before engaging in such business, make written application to the
council for a license so to do and shall submit with such application
a statement or description of the implements and apparatus to be used
by the applicant in the business; whereupon the council shall examine
the implement and apparatus of the applicant and, if it appears that
the applicant is competent to engage in such business and the implements
and apparatus are properly constructed and are suitable for the business,
the council shall authorize the license collector to issue a license
to the applicant.
(Prior code § 5300.1)
Whenever any person, holding such license does or causes to
be done any spraying or fumigating in a negligent or unskillful manner,
or uses therefor improper materials or insufficient quantity thereof,
or improper apparatus or implements, the council may, upon five days'
notice to such person and after a hearing upon the matter, revoke
and cancel any license granted to him or her under the terms of this
chapter. All such revocations shall be filed with the license collector
and no person whose license has been revoked or to whom a license
has been refused shall be granted a license within six months after
the order of the council revoking the license or refusing to permit
a license to issue.
(Prior code § 5300.2)
For the purpose of this chapter every person, either as owner,
lessee or manager, who has the charge of or directs the operation
of any outfit used in spraying or fumigating trees, plants, vines
or orchards on his or her own account or as agent of another shall
be deemed to be engaged in such business and shall be required to
have a license therefor. Any person engaged in the business of fumigating
or spraying trees, plants, vines or orchards or engaged in the work
of eradicating insects, pests by fumigation, spraying or other methods,
shall submit to the county horticultural commission or commissioner
of the county of San Bernardino, or their or his or her representatives,
at any time on demand a correct statement of the chemicals used or
to be used if fumigated or ingredients or strength of materials used
if sprayed and of any orchard, trees or vines treated or to be treated.
(Prior code § 5300.3)
It shall be the duty of any person owning or operating an outfit
for fumigating or spraying trees, plants, vines or orchards to report
to the county horticultural commissioner, at the end of each and every
month, all work of fumigating, spraying and eradication of insect
pests during the current month, giving amount of chemicals used if
fumigated and material and strength of same if sprayed, also the number
of trees, plants and vines treated and the name of the owner or owners
of the same.
(Prior code § 5300.4)
Any person or firm engaged in spraying or fumigating under this
chapter who neglects to procure the permit provided for herein, or
violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor
and punishable as provided in this code.
(Prior code § 5300.5)
Nothing herein shall be construed to require the owner of any
orchard or vineyard to take out a permit in order to eradicate the
pests upon his or her own premises with his own method.
(Prior code § 5300.6)
