§ 15-809. Training requirements; proof of compliance.

(a)

No commercial applicator shall cause fertilizer to be applied, except at his or her own residence, without a valid limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as specified in section 15-809(c).

(b)

Each commercial applicator shall ensure that each applicator he or she employs has a valid limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services prior to the application of fertilizer.

(c)

Possession of a valid limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Friendly Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources by the Green Industries training by UF/IFAS shall suffice as evidence of completion of a county-approved best management practices training program.

(d)

Non-commercial applicators shall provide proof on an annual basis of successful completion of the online training "Orange County Fertilizer Application Education Course for Citizens" on the Orange County fertilizer web page.

(e)

Certified applicators must show proof of training on all vehicles used during applications.

(Ord. No. 2009-26 , § 1, 10-6-09; Ord. No. 2017-14 , § 11, 6-20-17)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2017-14 , § 11, adopted June 20, 2017, amended § 15-809 and in so doing changed the title of said section from "Commercial training requirements; proof of compliance" to "Training requirements; proof of compliance," as set out herein.