Township of Howell, NJ
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2023-06-27
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 141 Fertilizer
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Advisory Committees
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 8 Affordable Housing
- Ch 10 Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 13 Emergency Service Benefits
- Ch 16 Employment Relations
- Ch 18 Ethics and Conduct, Code of
- Ch 19 Federal Law Violation and Cannabis Prohibition
- Ch 21 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 25 Nepotism Policy
- Ch 29 Personnel Policies
- Ch 33 Referendums
- Ch 35 Sewerage Authorities
- Ch 42 Stream Naming Map
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Abandoned Properties
- Ch 50 Alarm Systems
- Ch 53 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 57 Animals
- Ch 59 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 61 Automobile Auctions
- Ch 65 Bicycles
- Ch 68 Billiard Halls
- Ch 70 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 77 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 80 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 83 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 86 Burning, Open
- Ch 89 Business Regulations
- Ch 93 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 95 Chlorine Leak Detection
- Ch 101 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
- Ch 104 Commercial and Industrial Maintenance Code
- Ch 108 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 111 Construction Sites
- Ch 115 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 118 Curfew
- Ch 124 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 127 Dumpsters and Refuse Containers
- Ch 131 Emergency Management
- Ch 134 Engineering Approvals and Permits
- Ch 136 Excessive Consumption of Municipal Services
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 141 Fertilizer
- Ch 141 Art I Outdoor Application
- § 141-1 Purpose.
- § 141-2 Definitions.
- § 141-3 Prohibited conduct.
- § 141-4 Exceptions to prohibition.
- § 141-5 Enforcement.
- § 141-6 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 143 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 146 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 154 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 157 Fowl, Disposal of
- Ch 160 Games of Chance
- Ch 164 Genetically Engineered Microorganisms
- Ch 168 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 172 Home Buyers' Protection
- Ch 175 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 178 Housing Code; Rental Property
- Ch 179 Hunting
- Ch 180 Invasive Plants
- Ch 182 (Reserved)
- Ch 185 Junk Dealers
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 192 Littering
- Ch 195 Loitering
- Ch 197 Massage Establishments
- Ch 198 Minibikes
- Ch 201 Minors; Body Art Facilities
- Ch 204 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 208 Noise
- Ch 211 Nuisances
- Ch 216 Parking
- Ch 220 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 223 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 226 (Reserved)
- Ch 230 Private Used Car Sales
- Ch 232 Property Maintenance
- Ch 233 Public Park and Playground Facility Use Policy
- Ch 235 Rapid Entry Systems
- Ch 237 Real/Vacant Property Registration
- Ch 238 Recycling and Source Separating
- Ch 241 Retail Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 244 Right to Farm
- Ch 245 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 247 (Reserved)
- Ch 252 Sewer and Water
- Ch 256 Signs
- Ch 260 Skateboard Park
- Ch 265 Snow and Ice
- Ch 269 Soil Removal/Filling
- Ch 273 Solid Waste
- Ch 275 Stormwater Management
- Ch 277 Streets and Sidewalks and Right-Of-Way Excavations
- Ch 281 Swimming Pools, Nonresidential
- Ch 284 Swine
- Ch 292 Taxes
- Ch 295 Autocabs/Limousines and Taxicabs
- Ch 299 (Reserved)
- Ch 302 Tobacco and Smoking
- Ch 306 Towing
- Ch 307 Trailers and Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 311 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 315 (Reserved)
- Ch 320 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 325 Wetlands Management
- Ch 329 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A335 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township of Howell
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-28]
The purpose of this article is to prohibit the
outdoor application of fertilizer other than low phosphorus fertilizer
in the Township of Howell so as to protect public health, safety and
welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
Any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients
which is used for its plant nutrient content, and which is designed
for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except
that it shall not be considered to include animal or vegetable manure
or compost.
A fertilizer for which the guaranteed analysis, stated in
whole numbers, of available phosphoric acid is zero.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
It shall be unlawful to apply outdoors any fertilizer
other than low phosphorus fertilizer.
A.
Any application of fertilizer at a commercial farm
that is exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
B.
Any application of fertilizer needed for establishing
new vegetation after land disturbance in accordance with the requirements
established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A.
4:24-39 et seq.
This article shall be enforced by the Police
Department and the Code Enforcement Departments of the Township of
Howell.
Any person who violates any one or more sections
of this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000
for each separate offense and/or confinement in the Ocean County Jail
for a period of not more than 90 days.
