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3. Definitions. The Board of Selectmen does not recommend 4. Use and application of law fertilizer. approval by a vote of 4-1. 5. Exemptions to use and application of The Finance Committee does not recommend lawn fertilizer. 6. Display for sale of fertilizer containing approval. phosphorous. 7. Lawn Care Companies and Commercial Motion made by Matthew Thompson. Providers. Motion: I move the Article be indefinitely postponed 8. Enforcement and penalties for improperly at 9:02 PM. applying lawn fertilizer or displaying for sale. Motion to indefinitely postpone passes at 9:02PM. 9. Severability clause. Article 23 1. Purpose and intent. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan laying out The purpose of this article is to regulate the sale of and defining Pleasant Park Drive; and to accomplish lawn fertilizer containing nutrients and contami- said purpose and for expenses incidental and related nants, including phosphorous, to all land located thereto, the Town vote to raise and appropriate or within the boundaries of the Town of Mashpee transfer from available funds for appropriation$5,000 and to land owned by the Town of Mashpee, so as to the Pleasant Park Drive Roadways Account, or take to prevent such from entering any portion of any other action relating thereto. Mashpee's rivers, ponds, lakes, oceans and its tributaries thereof in order to reduce non-point j Submitted by Petition source pollution and to improve water quality as envisioned under the federal Clean Water Act. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by a vote of 5-0. 2. Applicability. The Finance Committee recommends approval by This article applies to all land located within the a vote of 7-0. boundaries of the Town of Mashpee and to any land owned by the Town of Mashpee. The ordi- Motion made by Michael Lane. nance codified in this article shall take effect 30 days after voter approval at town Meeting on Motion: I move the Town vote to authorize and October 3, 2011. empower the Board of Selectmen to prepare a plan laying out and defining Pleasant Park Drive; and to 3. Definitions. accomplish said purpose and for expenses incidental and related thereto, the Town vote to appropriate and "Fertilizer"means any substance containing a rec- transfer from the Overlay Surplus Account $5,000 to ognized plant nutrient used for its plant nutrient the Pleasant Park Drive Roadways Account. content and designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth. Motion passes unanimously at 9:03 PM. "Lawn fertilizer" means any fertilizer whether Article 24 distributed by a property owner, renter, commer- cial entity or the Town of Mashpee,distributed for SALE AND APPLICATION OF nonagricultural use such as lawns, golf courses, LAWN FERTILIZER parks and cemeteries. Lawn fertilizer does not include fertilizer products intended primarily for Sections: gardening, tree, shrub and indoor plant applica- tion. 1. Purpose and intent. 2. Applicability. 83