No person or corporation shall deposit or discharge or cause to be placed
or discharged into any of the waters of the Township of Franklin, especially
its principal lakes, Franklinville Lake, Iona Lake and Malaga Lake, and its
tributaries, or place on the shores or banks of said waters any of the hereinafter
named substances or any other substance which may render said waters unfit
or undesirable for bathing, boating, fishing or other recreational purposes
or which may be deposited upon the public beaches or shores of the township
and/or the parks or which may be carried by tides or floods into wells or
springs along the banks of said waters.
Such forbidden substances as hereinbefore mentioned shall include but
not be limited to garbage, manure, dead animals, sewage or the outflow from
any sewage-disposal plant or drain or drainage system, whether such waste
outflow or drainage be of solids or liquid, or any refuse or chemical or other
substance which may impair or prevent the growth and multiplication of fish
in any of said waters or which may or shall interfere with either the home
use or marketability of such fish or which shall render such waters, their
banks and shores unpleasant or unsuitable for the above-named purposes of
industry or recreation or which shall impair the value of the real property
contiguous to such waters or disturb or interfere with the repose and comfort
of its occupants.
Any present outflow from any existing sewage-disposal plant shall be
such that the same shall not promote the growth of duckweed or algae and which
effluent does not contain nutrients such as phosphates and nitrates which
promote such growths.
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and shall be subject to a penalty
in a sum not exceeding $200 or by imprisonment in jail for 90 days, or both.