§ 28-45. Fertilizer free zone.

(a)

Fertilizer shall not be applied within ten (10) feet of any pond, stream, watercourse, lake, canal, or wetland as defined by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Chapter 62-340, Florida Administrative Code) or from the top of a seawall. If more stringent City Code regulations apply, this provision does not relieve the requirement to adhere to the more stringent regulations. Newly planted turf and/or landscape plants may be fertilized in this zone for a sixty (60) day period beginning thirty (30) days after planting if needed to allow the plants to become well established. Caution shall be used to prevent direct deposition of nutrients into the water.

(b)

A voluntary fertilizer free zone is strongly recommended, but not mandated, within twenty-five (25) feet of the shoreline of the Banana River Lagoon.

(c)

A voluntary fertilizer free zone of ten (10) feet shall be encouraged, through educational outreach, on each side of streets without stormwater retention that drain to the Banana River Lagoon.

(d)

Planting native vegetation that does not require mowing or fertilization along the shoreline of the Banana River Lagoon shall be encouraged.

(Ord. No. 1576, § 1, 1-16-2014)