WHAT IS THE NEIGHBOR NOTIFICATION LAW?
The Neighbor Notification Law of 2000, formally know as chapter 285 of the Laws of 200, added new provisions to Title 10 of Article 33 of Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) regarding posting of visual notification markers for residential lawn applications, posting of signs at certain retail establishments, and mandating neighbor notification of certain commercial lawn applications. WHAT IS A RESIDENTIAL LAWN APPLICATION? A residential lawn application is any application of over-the-counter pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.) to ground, trees or shrubs on outdoor property owned, leased or rented by the individual making such application The following pesticide applications are not considered residential lawn application: the application of pesticide for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity (vegetables, fruits, etc.); or the application of pesticides around or near the foundation of a building for the purpose of indoor pest control (ants, earwigs, etc.