Pesticide applications; posting.

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 377.07

in effect

Sec. 377.07. - Pesticide applications; posting. All persons who apply pesticides outdoors are required to post or affix warning signs on the street frontage of the property so treated. The warning signs must protrude a minimum of eighteen (18) inches above the top of the grass line. The warning signs must be of a material rain-resistant for at least a forty-eight-hour period and must remain in place for at least a forty-eight-hour period or longer if the human re-entry interval prescribed in the pesticide label specifies a longer hourly or daily interval. The information printed on the sign must be printed in contrasting colors and capitalized letters at least one-half-inch or in another format approved by the commissioner of agriculture, and shall provide the following information: (1) The name of the company applying the pesticide or, if not a company, the name of the person having done the application. (2) The following language: "This area chemically treated. Keep children or pets off until (date of safe entry—at least forty-eight (48) hours after application or longer if specified on pesticide label)" or a universally accepted symbol and text approved by the commissioner of agriculture specifying a date of safe entry as specified herein. The warning sign may include the name of the pesticide used. The sign shall be posted on the lawn or yard no closer than two (2) feet from the sidewalk or right-of-way and no further than five (5) feet from the sidewalk or right-of-way. (Ord. No. 17370, § 2, 7-10-85; Ord. No. 17385, § 1, 8-14-86; Ord. No. 17480, § 1, 7-30-87; C.F. No. 01-1112, § 1, 12-5-01)

Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITXXIXLI_CH377LAFEPEAP_S377.07PEAPPOFetched: 11/1/2026