Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 10A.12 Agricultural Pest Control Advisors

An agricultural pest control advisor means any person who, as a requirement of or incidental to his employment or occupation, offers a recommendation to a producer of an agricultural product or to any public or private agency concerning any agricultural use or who holds himself forth as an authority or general advisor on any agricultural use to a producer of an agricultural product.

(Ord. No. 1028, adopted 1972, as amended by Ord. No. 3332, adopted 1981.)

1. Recommendation means the giving of any instruction or advice on any agricultural use as to any particular application on any particular piece of property.

(Ord. No. 1028, adopted 1972, as amended by Ord. 3332, adopted 1981.)

2. Agricultural use means the use of any pesticide or method or device for the control of plants or animal pests, or any other pests, or the use of any pesticide for the regulation of plant growth or defoliation of plants. It excludes the sale or use of pesticides, improperly labeled packages or container which are intended for home use, use in structural pest control, industrial or institutional use, the control of an animal pest under the written prescription of a veterinarian, local district or other public agencies.

(Ord. No. 1028, adopted 1972, as amended by Ord. No. 3332, adopted 1981.)

Annual registration fees for licensed pest control advisors shall be set by resolution.

(Ord. No. 1028, adopted 1972, as amended by Ord. No. 3332, adopted 1981; Ord. No. 3781, adopted 1991.)