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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.)
(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.)
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.)