Alternative to non-residential area signs
 79. (1) A person who performs a land extermination for which the posting of Sign E or Sign F is required may elect to provide public notice of the extermination in accordance with this section instead of in accordance with section 78 if one or more of the following circumstances applies: 1. Complying with the requirements of section 78 would require the posting of more than 20 signs. 2. The application area is in a rural area on a highway or on any land over which the public has a general right of access but the application area does not include either of the following: i. A portion of a highway that is intended for pedestrian access. ii. An area where the public is invited to stop, including a rest area or picnic area. 3. The application area is in a rural area on land used for the purposes of a public work and the land extermination is to be performed for the benefit of the public work or to allow access to the public work. 4. In the opinion of the Director, public access to the application area is sufficiently limited to justify the election. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (2) A person who makes an election under subsection (1) shall, in the case of an application area described in Column 1 of the following Table, comply with the rules set out opposite the application area in Column 2 of the Table: TABLE Item   Column 1   Application area   Column 2   Rules 

  1.   A golf course.   1. Provide written notice to the Director of the election to have this section apply for a period of time specified in the written notice, not exceeding one year. This notice must be given to the Director before any public notice is given and at least one week before the day of the first extermination as indicated in the written notice.   2. At least 24 hours but not more than seven days before the extermination begins, post Sign E or F at every entrance to the golf course (including a pedestrian walkway, a multi-use trail crossing and a driveway), each pro shop and each starting tee.   3. Provide public notice by at least one of the following means:   i. At least 24 hours but not more than seven days before the extermination begins, post Sign E or F at least every 100 metres along the perimeter of a hole used for playing golf on which there is an application area.   ii. Except in respect of any property for which there is a barrier that can reasonably be expected to prevent any person from entering the golf course from the property, provide written notice to the occupant of each property that abuts the golf course at least one time per calendar year, one week before pesticides are first used at the golf course in the year, setting out the following:   A. That pesticides are anticipated to be used at the golf course during the year.   B. The telephone number of a representative of the golf course who can provide more information.   C. That the occupant has the option to receive written notice each time a sign is required to be posted under this section.   4. If an occupant confirms the choice of the option described in sub-subparagraph 2 ii C, provide the written notice 24 hours before the sign is required to be posted.   5. Despite paragraphs 2 and 3, a sign may be posted or a notice provided immediately before the extermination begins, if the extermination is carried out by means of a fungicide. 

  2.   An application area that is not a golf course and in respect of which a Sign E would otherwise be required to be posted in accordance with section 78.   1. Provide written notice to the Director of the election to have this section apply for a period of time specified in the notice, not exceeding one year. The notice must be given to the Director before any public notice is given and at least one week before the day of the first extermination as indicated in the written notice.   2. Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the application area at least one week before the extermination begins, repeated monthly until the extermination is complete. 

  3.   An application area in respect of which a Sign F would otherwise be required to be posted in accordance with section 78 that is on a highway in a rural area.   1. Provide written notice to the Director of the election to have this section apply for a period of time specified in the notice, not exceeding one year. The notice must be given to the Director before any public notice is given and at least one week before the day of the first extermination as indicated in the written notice.   2. Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the application area at least one week before the extermination begins, repeated monthly until the extermination is complete.   3. Provide notice by at least one of the following means:   i. At least one week before the extermination begins, distribution of written notices that meet the requirements of section 80 to the occupant of each property within 100 metres of the application area.   ii. Immediately before the extermination begins, posting a Sign F at least every kilometre along the portion of the highway that is within the application area and at every point where another highway intersects the portion of the highway that is within the application area. 

  4.   Any application area.   Provide public notice by means that are described in a written notice given to the person by the Director, stating that the Director is of the opinion that the means described will provide adequate notice to all persons who may be affected by the extermination. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (3) In addition to complying with applicable requirements set out in subsection (2), at least 24 hours but not more than seven days before the extermination begins, Sign E or F shall be posted conspicuously at least every 100 metres along the portion of the perimeter of the applicable area described in subsection (4) that contains or abuts one or more of the following areas: 1. An outdoor area associated with an educational institution or facility, including a day care facility, nursery school, primary school, high school, private school or post-secondary institution. 2. 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. 3. A park. 4. A cemetery. 5. A campground. 6. A path or trail for walking, hiking, bicycling or similar use, but not a path or trail for use by motorized vehicles. 7. 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. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the applicable area is, (a) the application area; or (b) if there is a larger area that includes the application area and for which the same person is responsible as for the application area, that larger area. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (5) Subsection (3) does not apply if public notice is provided by means that are described in a written notice given to the person by the Director, as described in Column 2 of item 4 of the Table to subsection (2). O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (6) For the purposes of Column 2 of item 4 of the Table to subsection (2), the written notice given by the Director may be in respect of one or more exterminations. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (7) For the purposes of items 2 and 3 of the Table to subsection (2), the publication in a newspaper must be in a prominent location within the newspaper and must be in a column that is at least 10 cm wide. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45. (8) Items 1, 2, and 3 of the Table to subsection (2) do not apply in the case of a land extermination by aerial application. O. Reg. 134/20, s. 45.