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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 19-101 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="19-101" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this title, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Agriculture.">“Agriculture” means the commercial production, storage, processing, marketing, distribution, or export of an agronomic, aquacultural, equine, floricultural, horticultural, ornamental, silvicultural, or viticultural crop, including:<para num="(1)">a farm product;</para>
      <para num="(2)">livestock or a livestock product;</para>
      <para num="(3)">poultry or a poultry product;</para>
      <para num="(4)">milk or a dairy product;</para>
      <para num="(5)">timber or a forest product;</para>
      <para num="(6)">fruit or a horticultural product; and</para>
      <para num="(7)">seafood or an aquacultural product.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Custom applicator.">“Custom applicator” means a person engaged in the business of applying pesticides.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Glyphosate.">“Glyphosate” means a synthetic compound that is a non-selective systemic herbicide, also known as N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine with a chemical formula of C3H8NO5P.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Lawn.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Lawn” means an area of land, not used for agriculture, that is:<para num="(i)">mostly covered by grass, other similar herbaceous plants; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">kept trim by mowing or cutting.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Lawn” does not include:<para num="(i)">a playing field as defined in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§19-301"&gt;§ 19-301 of this title&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a golf course;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">a garden; or</para>
        <para num="(iv)">a tree or shrub.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Neonicotinoid.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Neonicotinoid” means a class of neuro-active pesticides chemically related to nicotine.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Neonicotinoid” includes:<para num="(i)">acetamiprid;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">clothianidin;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">dinotefuran;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">imidacloprid;</para>
        <para num="(v)">nitenpyram;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">nithiazine;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">thiacloprid; and</para>
        <para num="(viii)">thiamethoxam.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle "person" also  includes a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Pest.">“Pest” means an insect, snail, slug, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or other form of plant or animal life or microorganism (except a microorganism on or in a living human or animal) that is normally considered to be a pest or defined as a pest by applicable State regulations.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Pesticide.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Pesticide” means a substance or mixture of substances intended or used:<para num="(i)">to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate any pest;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">as a herbicide, plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">as a spray adjuvant, such as a wetting agent or adhesive.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusion.">“Pesticide” does not include an antimicrobial agent, such as a disinfectant, sanitizer, or deodorizer, that is used for cleaning and is not considered a pesticide under any federal or state law or regulation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Playground.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Playground” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§12-801|(c)"&gt;§ 12-801(c) of this article&lt;/cite&gt; {“Definitions: Playground”}.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusion.">“Playground” includes a mulched path that is used to enter a playground.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Registered pesticide.">“Registered pesticide” means a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and labeled pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn, garden, and ornamental sites or areas.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-430</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
