Go Green Business - Landscaping Program Voucher Application

Commercial Lawn and Garden Program Details:

The goal of the Go Green Business - Landscaping Program is to provide vouchers to businesses and organizations to help offset the cost of new, zero-emission lawn and garden equipment while replacing older combustion equipment.

The existing gas- or diesel-powered equipment must be in operational condition and must have been owned and operated by the applicant for at least two years. Replacement equipment must be new, cordless, zero emission, and serve the same function as the existing equipment being replaced. Retroactive purchases are not allowed. Vouchers can only be redeemed with participating merchants.

Eligible Applicants:

1. Businesses that provide landscape maintenance services for residential, commercial, institutional, and public properties.
2. Public agencies, businesses, and non-profits that conduct commercial-scale landscaping activities on their properties.
3. Public agencies, businesses, and non-profits that conduct forest management, land management, and fire hazard reduction activities.

Businesses, public agencies, schools, and nonprofits with equipment permanently domiciled and operated in Yolo County and the District's portion of Solano County are eligible applicants. 

The District is also administering this program for the Placer County Air Pollution Control District. Public agencies, schools, and nonprofits with equipment permanently domiciled and operated in Placer County are eligible. No funding is currently available for Placer County businesses. 

A valid business license is required for all business applicants.

Process:

1. Apply for one or more vouchers by completing and submitting this form. 
   If approved, the District will issue you vouchers for each piece of equipment to be replaced.
2. Redeem your voucher with the participating merchant(s) of your choice, and they will apply a point-of-sale discount equal to the voucher amount to the purchase price of the new equipment. Bring your existing equipment with you when you go to redeem your voucher so that the merchant can verify that it is operational. 
3. Before receiving your new equipment from the participating merchant(s) of your choice, surrender your old combusion equipment to the participating merchant(s) to be scrapped.

Voucher Amounts:

Equipment Type	Maximum Voucher Amount *
Chainsaws, Trimmers, Edgers, & Brushcutters	$700.00
Leaf Blowers & Leaf Vacuums	$1,400.00
Walk-Behind Lawnmowers	$1,500.00
Ride-On or Sit/Stand Mowers	$15,000.00
* Maximum voucher amount not to exceed total cost of eligible purchase including  taxes, fees, charging cord, and additional batteries.
Total funding will be limited to $2,500 per household.

District Boundaries

The District covers all of Yolo County and the northeastern portion of Solano County, including the cities of Dixon, Rio Vista, and Vacaville. The map below shows the boundaries of the District. In order to be eligible to participate in this program, equipment must be permanently domiciled within the District.

 

If you need assistance determining if your equipment is permanently domiciled in the District, please email your household's address to greenlandscaping@ysaqmd.org.

Unfortunately, your commercial entity is ineligible to apply because it permanently domiciles its equipment outside of the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District's boundaries or Placer County. 

If your equipment is kept in Solano County outside of the District's boundaries, you can contact the Bay Area Air District for further assistance at 415-749-4900. 

If your equipment is kept in Sacramento County, you can contact the Sacramento Metropolian Air Quality Management District at 279-207-1122.

Unfortunately, no funding is available for Placer County business applicants. Applications from Placer County businesses are not currently being accepted. Funding in Placer County is only available for schools, public agencies, and nonprofits.

Please enter the number of each equipment type you would like to replace, up to 15 pieces of equipment per type. If you would like to replace more than 15 pieces of the same type of equipment, please submit a second application.

Maximum Funding Request Exceeded

The voucher funding requested in the previous entry exceeded the maximum voucher amount per applicant. Please go back to the previous entry and remove pieces of equipment until the total voucher funding requested is at or below $40,000.00.

Partial voucher funding is available for one piece of equipment.

For example, if you requested funding for three ride-on mowers, the total funding request would be $45,000. This exceeds the maximum funding per applicant by $5,000, so you can request for one of your ride-on mower vouchers to be reduced by $5,000. In that case, you would receive two vouchers for two ride-on mowers for $15,000 per voucher and one reduced voucher for the third ride-on mower for $10,000.

Please ensure your total funding request is at or below $40,000.00 before proceeding to the next page.

Commercial Applicant Certification:

I certify the following:

•  The business or organization completing this application resides in the State of California. A business resides in California if its principal place of business is physically located in California.
• The existing lawn & garden equipment to be replaced is currently owned and operated by the applicant, is operational, and has been owned and operated by the applicant for at least two years.
• The business or organization applying for voucher funding intends to own and operate the new, cordless zero-emission electric lawn & garden equipment in California for a minimum of 36 months and is not acquiring the replacement lawn & garden equipment for resale.
• The business or organization applying for voucher funding has disclosed all additional co-funding sources and discounts that will be applied to this purchase.
• The business or organization applying for voucher funding has not purchased replacement equipment that they are seeking funding for prior to applying to this program.
• I understand that if I qualify, I will receive a voucher for each eligible piece of equipment and a current list of Participating Merchants who will honor the voucher if it is submitted by the expiration date written on the voucher.
• I understand that I must receive an approved program voucher from the Air District prior to purchasing the new equipment or destroying the old equipment.
• I understand that an incomplete or illegible application may be immediately rejected, and I will be notified.
• I understand as an applicant that incentive programs have limited funds and shall terminate upon depletion of program funding.
• I understand that the existing combustion equipment must be surrendered to the Participating Merchant in operational condition within 30 days of the purchase of new equipment.
• I understand that I am responsible to pay the Participating Merchant for the purchase price of new equipment, less the voucher amount.
• The Air District issuing the voucher does not warranty any equipment purchased under this voucher program, including, but not limited to, the quality or functionality of the lawn & garden equipment.
• Applications will be treated in accordance with Public Records Act requirements. Certain information, subject to those requirements, may be publicly disclosed.

The information provided in this application is true and correct and meets the minimum requirements of the Commercial Lawn and Garden Program.