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REVISED 9/20/2012 <br /> ART : To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by adding a Section--Nitrogen Control <br /> By-law -- as follows: <br /> Or do or take any other action in this matter. On request of the Water Quality Management Committee and the <br /> Board of Selectmen. <br /> Town of Falmouth Nitrogen Control Bylaw <br /> Section 1. Purpose <br /> A Town Bylaw to conserve resources and protect our environment by regulating the outdoor application of <br /> nitrogen in order to reduce the overall amount of excess nitrogen entering the town's Resource Areas as defined <br /> in the Wetlands Protection Bylaw(Chapter 235; Section 2). Reducing excess nitrogen helps protect and <br /> improve the water quality of Falmouth's valuable estuaries. <br /> Section 2. Applicability <br /> This Bylaw shall apply to and regulate any and all applications of nitrogen through fertilizer within the Town of <br /> Falmouth. <br /> Section 3. Definitions <br /> "Agriculture"includes farming in all its branches, generally as the cultivation and tillage of the soil,dairying,the <br /> production cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural, floricultural,viticultural or horticultural commodities, <br /> and shellfishing, including preparations and delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market. <br /> "Fertilizer"means a substance that enriches the soil with elements essential for plant growth, such as nitrogen, <br /> phosphorus, potassium or other substances; fertilizer does not include those nutrients that are normally excluded <br /> from fertilizer such as chemicals that are part of dolomite, limestone, or lime. <br /> "Impervious surface"means a surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is <br /> highly resistant to infiltration by water. <br /> "Nitrogen"means an element essential to plant growth. For the purposes of the Bylaw, nitrogen may be <br /> available as slow-release, controlled-release, timed-release, slowly available, or water insoluble nitrogen, which <br /> means nitrogen in a form that delays its availability for plant uptake and use after application and is not rapidly <br /> available to turf and other plants; and/or quick-release, water-soluble nitrogen which means nitrogen in a form <br /> that does not delay its availability for turf and other plant uptake and is rapidly available for turf and other plant <br /> uptake and use after application. <br /> "Turf'means grass-covered soil held together by the roots of the grass, also known as "sod" or"lawn." <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />