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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 - 012 "Restricted Season" shall mean June 1 through September 30. "Saturated soil" shall mean a soil in which the voids are filled with water. Saturation does not require flow. For the purposes of this chapter, soils shall be considered saturated if standing water is present or the pressure of a person standing on the soil causes the release of free water. "Slow Release Nitrogen" shall mean nitrogen in a form which delays its availability for plant uptake and use after application, or which extends its availability to the plant longer than a reference rapid or quick release product. ".Turf," "sod," or "lawn" shall mean a piece of grass -covered soil held together by the roots of the grass. "Urban landscape" shall mean pervious areas on residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, highway rights-of-way, or other nonagricultural lands that are planted with turf or horticultural plants. For the purposes of this section, agriculture has the same meaning as in §570.02, Florida. Statutes. Section 316.3. Timing of fertilizer application. No applicator shall apply fertilizers containing nitrogen and/or phosphorus to turf and/or landscape plants during the Restricted Season, to saturated soils, or during a period in which a Flood Watch or Warning, or a Tropical Storm Watch or Warning, or a Hurricane Watch or Warning is in effect for any portion of Indian River County. issued by the National Weather Service, or if heavy rain is likely. Section 316.4. Fertilizer -free zones. Fertilizer shall not be applied within ten 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 Indian River County 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 only for a 60 -day period beginning thirty days after planting if needed to allow the plants to become well established. Caution shall be used to prevent nutrients from being directly deposited into the water. Section 316.5. Low maintenance zones. A voluntary ten foot low maintenance zone is strongly recommended. but not mandated, from any pond, stream, water course, lake, wetland or from the top of a seawall. A swale/berm system is recommended for installation at the landward edge of this low maintenance zone to capture and filter runoff. If more stringent Indian River County Code regulations apply, this provision FslAttorneyllindo5GENMALtitetaleilons &o aacnmtorrlInmersie llamillod rFrearcrOc inence-1013 (FinaOtkswr 20).e.a Page 4 of 9