Posting of non-residential area signs
 78. (1) If Sign E or Sign F is required to be posted, the person who performs the land extermination shall ensure that the required signs are posted in accordance with the following rules: 1. If there are no ordinary points of access to the application area and there is a larger area that includes the application area and for which the same person is responsible as for the application area, signs shall be posted conspicuously at all ordinary points of access, if any, to that larger area and at least every 100 metres along the perimeter of the larger area, except where there is a barrier along the perimeter that can reasonably be expected to prevent any person from entering the application area. 2. In all other cases, signs shall be posted conspicuously at all ordinary points of access, if any, to the application area and at least every 100 metres along the perimeter of the application area, except where there is a barrier along the perimeter that can reasonably be expected to prevent any person from entering the application area.  O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78 (1). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a sign is posted along the perimeter if it is posted within 10 metres of the perimeter.  O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78 (2). (3) If Sign E or Sign F is required to be posted, the person who performs the extermination shall ensure that the required signs are posted, (a) immediately before the extermination begins; or (b) subject to subsection (4), at least 24 hours but not more than seven days before the extermination begins, if the application area includes or is included in, (i) an outdoor area associated with an educational institution or facility, including a daycare facility, nursery school, primary school, high school, private school or post-secondary institution, (ii) an outdoor area associated with a residential building, including an apartment building, condominium or long-term care home, but not including a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse, (ii.1) a portion of a highway that is intended for pedestrian access or other portions where the public is invited to stop, including a rest area or picnic area, (iii) a park, (iv) a cemetery, (v) a golf course, or (vi) a campground.  O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78 (3); O. Reg. 134/20, s. 44. (4) If an application area has the characteristics set out in Column 1 of the Table to this section and the person who performs the land extermination meets one of the conditions set out opposite the application area in Column 2 of the Table, any required signs that have not already been posted in meeting the condition set out in Column 2 may be posted immediately before the extermination begins instead of within the time period specified in clause (3) (b).  O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78 (4). (5) The Director may abridge time periods for public notice set out in this section if he or she is satisfied that a land extermination is urgently required and that to do so would not deprive any person who may be affected by the extermination of adequate notice.  O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78 (5). (6) For the purposes of this section, an extermination begins when a pesticide is used on any part of the application area.  O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78 (6). TablE Item   Column 1   Characteristics of non-residential application area   Column 2   Conditions 

  1.   Application area includes or is included in any of the following:   1. A park that is in a rural area.   2. A cemetery.   3. A golf course in a rural area.   4. A golf course to which access by unauthorized persons is controlled by means of gates, fences or other barriers.    1. Signs must be posted at all ordinary points of access to the application area, or the larger area mentioned in subsection 78 (1), at least 24 hours but not more than seven days before the extermination begins.    2. Signs must be posted at all locations where visitors normally come into contact with the owner or operator of the application area or that person’s employees at least 24 hours but not more than seven days before the extermination begins.   3. Written notices that meet the requirements of section 80 must be distributed during the period 24 hours before the extermination begins at all locations where visitors normally come into contact with the owner or operator of the application area or that person’s employees.   4. Public notice must be given by means that are approved in writing by the Director as providing adequate notice to all persons who may be affected by the extermination.  

  2.   Application area includes or is included in a campground.   Public notice must be provided by meeting one or more of the conditions set out in Item 1 and by one or more of the following means during the period 24 hours before the extermination begins, to attempt to give notice of the extermination to persons who entered the campground before that period:   1. Posting signs.    2. Distributing written notices that meet the requirements of section 80.    3. Making public announcements.   4. Other means similar to the means set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. O. Reg. 63/09, s. 78, Table.