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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE USE OF PARATHION AND OTHER
TOXIC ORGANIC PHOSPHATE CHEF +iICALS WITHIN THE' TOWN OF
GULF STREAM WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
FOR THE SEPARABILITY OF THE PROVISION THEREOF; �-
WHEREAS, the Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida, has found and determined after careful investigation
that the chemical known as Parathion and other related organic
phosphates as more particularly described in following parts of
this ordinance, which are used as insecticides, are extremely
toxic and are dangerous to human beings and warm blooded animals
coming into contact with them;
WHEREAS, the Town Commission has also found and deter-
mined after investigation that said chemicals should not be used
inadvisedly for the control of insects attacking man or animals or
for insects found in households, home gardens and in public places;
WHEREAS, the use of said chemicals is particularly dan-
gerous in urban areas where there are high concentrations of human
beings, pets and other warm blooded animals;
WHEREAS, it has very recently come to the attention of
this Town Commission that of late there have been reported cases
of illness of persons within the corporate limits of the Town of
Gulf Stream attributed to the misuse of said chemicals within the
corporate limits;
WHEREAS, it is directed under this ordinance that all
commercial sprayers, except those contracted by local, State or
Federal Government, shall inform adjoining residents each and
every time they spray, dust or spread or in any other manner use.
materials of their trade within the corporate limits of the Town
of Gulf Stream, Florida; and
WHEREAS, under these circumstances this ordinance is
one which in the opinion of the Town Commission is required to be
'passed for the immediate protection and preservation of the safety]
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and health of the inhabitants of the Town of Gulf Stream:
BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF
GULF STREAM, FLORIDA:
Section 1. From and after the effective date of this
ordinance it shall be unlawful for any persons, firm or corporatioi
to spray, dust, spread or in any other manner use or employ within
the corporate limits of the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida, any of
the following chemicals of the group sometimes known as organic
phosphates, namely:
Common Name Chemical Name
Parathion 0,0- diethyl 0- p- nitrophenyl thiophosphate
tetraethyl pyrophosphate
TEPP tetraethyl pyrophosphate
HEPT hexaethyl tetrophosphonate
EPN 0 -ethyl 0 -p- nitrophenyl benzene thiophosphate
OMPA octa methyl pyrophosphoramide
SYSTOX 0,0- diethyl 0- 2(ethyl mercaptoethyl thio-
phosphate)
or any other toxic materials as described and contained in the
Current Florida State Board of Health Publications, pertaining to
restrictive use of pesticides, without first having obtained a
permit for such use from the Town of Gulf Stream. Permits and
applications therefor, shall designate the time and place of the
use, shall be nontransferable and permits shall expire within
24 hours after being issued.
Section 2. Before using any pesticides, reasonable and
practical prior notice shall be given by the applicant to property
owners and occupants of property within three hundred feet of the
area where such chemical is to be sprayed, dusted, spread or
used.
Section 3.- Violation of this ordinance shall be pun -
ished by fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or
by imprisonment for not more than one (1) month, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. If any word, phrase, clause, section or othe
portion of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unenforceable
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
be deemed to affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof
nor the enforceability thereof under different circumstances not
adjudicated.
Section 5. Spraying Technique: Shall conform to the
Florida State Board of Health current recommendations concerning
use of restrictive pesticides and all other sections contained in
Regulations governing commercial spraying of lawns and ornamental
shrubbery in residential areas with highly toxic pesticides or
residential pesticides Spraying Regulations of 1959 Part 1.
Section 6. No person or corporation shall be granted a
city license to engage in residential pesticides spraying unless
he or it has already obtained a state permit to engage in this
business.
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As and constituting the Town Commis-
sion of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida.
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246 Sea Road
Gulf .Stream. Fla.,33444
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