(a) Definitions.
(1) “Synthetic detergent” or “detergent” means any cleaning compound which is available for household use, laundry use, other personal use of industrial use, which is composed of organic and inorganic compounds, including soaps, water softeners, surface active agents, dispersing agents, foaming agents, buffering agents, builders, fillers, dyes, enzymes and fabric softeners, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays or any other form.
(2) “Polyphosphate builder” or “phosphorus” means a water softening and soil suspending agent made from consensed phosphates, including pyro-phosphates, triphosphates, tripolyphosphates, metaphosphates and glassy phosphates, used as a detergent ingredient, but shall not include “polyphosphate builders” or “phosphorus” which is essential for medical, scientific or special engineering use under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed, after hearing, by Council.
(b) Labeling. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays, or any other form, in the Municipality from after June 1, 1973, unless the container shall be clearly labeled with respect to its polyphosphate builder or phosphorus ingredient content clearly and legibly set forth thereon.
(c) Limitations.
(1) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent containing any phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, within the Municipality from and after June 1, 1973.
(2) The concentration of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus in any synthetic detergent or detergent shall be determined by the current applicable method prescribed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (A.S.T.M.).
(Ord. 16-73. Passed 4-3-73.)
(d) Penalties. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each day on which such person shall continue or permit any such violation or failure to comply is permitted to exist after notification thereof.