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Mashpee Nitrogen Control Bylaw Final Draft July 3, 2014 <br /> b. No person shall cause nitrogen from any fertilizer application to apply to, or otherwise be <br /> deposited on any impervious surface including parking lot, driveway, roadway, sidewalk, <br /> frozen soil or ice. Any fertilizer applied, spilled, and/or deposited on any impervious surface, <br /> either intentionally or accidentally, must be immediately and completely removed and <br /> contained and either legally applied to turf or any other legal site or returned to an appropriate <br /> container. <br /> c. No person shall apply nitrogen 24 hours before or during a heavy rain event or apply nitrogen <br /> onto saturated ground. An application of nitrogen should be watered in with no more than one- <br /> quarter inch(0.25 inch) of irrigation or natural rain within the next 24 hour period. <br /> d. The application of nitrogen is prohibited within 100' of the following Resource Areas, as <br /> defined in The Mashpee Wetlands Protection Bylaw, Section 2 and Regulations: any freshwater <br /> or coastal wetlands; marshes; wet meadows; bogs; swamps; vernal pools; lakes; ponds; rivers, <br /> streams; creeks; and estuaries. Notwithstanding the above, where there is a 50' naturally <br /> vegetated buffer zone to any freshwater or coastal wetlands; marshes; wet meadows; bogs; <br /> swamps; vernal pools; ponds; lakes; and estuaries, an application of nitrogen is prohibited <br /> within 50' of that protected Resource Area. An application of nitrogen is prohibited within <br /> 100' of any rivers; streams; and creeks, as defined in the Rivers Protection Act, Chapter 258 of <br /> the Acts of 1996. There are alternative methods of enhancing turf within these prohibited areas <br /> without application of nitrogen; see Sections 5(e) and 5(f). A Certified Fertilizer Applicator <br /> may apply to the Town Conservation Commission for approval to authorize limited <br /> applications of nitrogen on turf within these prohibited areas. A working group may be <br /> established by the Town Conservation Commission to assist in undertaking the duties <br /> referenced in this paragraph. <br /> 5. Exemptions <br /> The following activities shall be exempt from Section 4: <br /> a. Application of nitrogen for agriculture and horticulture uses; these applications are regulated by <br /> the MDAR Fertilizer Regulations. <br /> b. Application of fertilizer to golf courses, except that any application of nitrogen on greens or <br /> fairways within Resource Areas referenced in Section 4(d) shall comply with the <br /> Recommendations set forth in Section 6, and shall use 85% or higher slow-release, water- <br /> insoluble nitrogen, in organic or inorganic form applied with drop spreaders or spreaders with <br /> side guards to prevent application onto Resource Areas and other non-turf areas. Golf courses <br /> with liners installed adjacent to ponds and other Resource Areas to prevent leaching of nitrogen <br /> are exempt from Section 4(d) in those areas where such liners are installed. <br /> c. Application of nitrogen to gardens, including vegetable and flower, trees, shrubs and indoor <br /> applications including greenhouses; these applications are regulated by the MDAR Fertilizer <br /> Regulations, <br /> d. Application of nitrogen for the establishment of new vegetation in the first growing season, or <br /> repairing of turf in the first growing season, after substantial damage, with the restrictions <br /> described in Section 5 (b) for applications in the buffer zone of regulated Resource Areas <br /> referenced in Section 4(d). <br /> e. Application of compost or other similar materials that are primarily organic in nature and are <br /> applied to improve the physical condition of the soil, <br /> f. Compost tea and liquid seaweed applications, including formulas with less than 5% total <br /> nitrogen, if and only if applied in a manner that follows label recommendations and/or standard <br /> Page 3 <br />