(a) No person shall place or dispose of in any manner any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature in any drainage ditch, stream, river, lake, pond or other watercourse in the City (including the Middletown Hydraulic Canal), or upon the banks thereof. This section shall not apply to those persons who have been granted a permit for discharging into a stream pursuant to State law.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 076-176, passed 9-7-1976)