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Council Members Gadus, Komives and Melden
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Amending the Toledo Municipal Code by enacting a new Section 1777.18, Pesticide Prohibition and Transparency; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo recognizes that many pesticides are toxic and that the use of these pesticides is a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Toledo. In order to promote a healthy environment and protect the public from the hazards of pesticides, and for implementation of sustainable land management practices, it shall be the policy of the City of Toledo to eliminate toxic pesticide use in and on all property owned, controlled or maintained by the City. The City recognizes that there is an ongoing need to manage pests to protect public health and safety, our environment and City property, so therefore hereby establishes an Environmental Board of Review to review the consideration of Organic Pest Management (OPM) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That a new Section 1777.18 of the Toledo Municipal Code is enacted as follows:
1777.18 PESTICIDE PROHIBITION AND TRANSPARENCY.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section certain terms are defined as follows:
(1) "Pesticide" means any substance produced or distributed for preventing, destroying or repelling any insects, weeds, rodents, fungi, nematodes, mites, spiders or other forms of plant or animal life or viruses (such as any herbicide, insecticide, acaricide, nematicide, rodenticide or fungicide), except viruses on or in living humans or other animals. This includes any fertilizer mixture which contains Pesticides within it.
(2) "Application of a Pesticide" means the placement for effect of any Pesticide at or on the exterior site where Pest control or other response is desired.
(3) "Pest" means any organism, plant or animal, targeted for elim...
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