(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.)