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Codified Ordinances of North Olmsted, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 85 - 92
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF NORTH OLMSTED
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE-TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - TAXATION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART NINETEEN - FAIR HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 743
Water Pollution Control
743.01     Definitions.
743.02     Labeling.
743.03     Limitations.
743.99    Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Water pollution control - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 6111
 
 
743.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)   "Synthetic detergent" or "detergent" means any cleaning compound which is available for household laundry 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.
   
   (b)   "Polyphosphate builder" or "phosphorous" means a water softening and soil suspending agent made from condensed phosphates, including pyrophosphates, triphosphates, tripolyphosphates, metaphosphates, and glassy phosphates, used as a detergent ingredient, but shall not include "polyphosphate builders" or "phosphorous" which is essential for medical, scientific or special engineering use.
   (c)   "Recommended use level" means the amount of synthetic detergent or detergent which the manufacturer thereof recommends for use per wash load, at which level such "synthetic detergent" or "detergent" will effectively perform its intended function. (Ord. 77-198. Passed 12-20-77.)
743.02 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 City from and after January 1, 1978, unless the container, wrapper or other packaging thereof shall be clearly labeled with respect to its polyphosphate builder or phosphorous ingredient content clearly and legibly set forth thereon in terms of percentage of phosphorous by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus per container, wrapper or other packaging thereof, as well as grams of phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, per recommended use level.
(Ord. 77-198. Passed 12-20-77.)
743.03 LIMITATIONS.
   (a)   No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent containing more than five-tenths percent (0.5%) of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus, within the City from and after January 1, 1978.
   (b)   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. 77-198. Passed 12-20-77.)
743.99 PENALTY.
   Any person found guilty of violating, disobeying, omitting, neglecting or refusing to comply with, or resisting or opposing the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter, except when otherwise specifically provided, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the first offense, and not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the second and each subsequent offense, in any 180-day period, or shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment. 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.
(Ord. 77-198. Passed 12-20-77.)