The purpose and intent of this article is to
insure that any person who is required to be certified by state law
in order to perform landscape irrigation contracting within the City
has the required state certificate and performs the landscape irrigation
contracting in accordance with applicable codes and regulations.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
that a different meaning is intended:
LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONTRACTING
The construction, repair, maintenance, improvement and alteration
of any portion of a landscape irrigation system, including required
wiring within that system and connection to the required power supply
and the installation and connection to a public or private water supply
system under the terms and conditions of the contract.
LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Any assemblage of components, materials or special equipment
which is designed, constructed and installed for controlled dispersion
of water from any safe and suitable source, including properly treated
wastewater, for the purpose of irrigating landscape vegetation or
the control of dust and erosion on landscaped areas, including integral
pumping systems or integral control systems for manual, semiautomatic
or automatic control of the operation of these systems.
PERSON
A natural person, association, corporation, LLC, partnership
or other legal entity.
Except as exempted by state law, no person shall
perform landscape irrigation contracting within the City unless certified
to do so pursuant the Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification
Act of 1991, N.J.S.A. 45:5AA-1 et seq.