Pollution of waterways.

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 341-104

in effect

Sec. 341-104. - Pollution of waterways. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to throw, cast, deposit, place, pour or dump any earth, stone, impure liquids, chemicals, waste, trash, rubbish, garbage, refuse, filth, offal, vegetable matter, straw, paper, scraps, strands of wire, iron, tin, boards or pieces of lumber, metal hoops, cans, cloth, rags, tacks, nails, glass, or any mixture or combination thereof, or the contents of any vault, privy, cesspool, septic tank or other receptacle for fecal or refuse matter, or any other similar kind of substances, articles, matter or materials into the waters of any stream, lake, canal, reservoir or other waterway; or so to do on or within five hundred (500) feet from the banks or shores thereof, or within such distance from any park, boulevard or public place, or at any other place located, in whole or in part, within the city or within ten (10) miles therefrom, and which tends either to obstruct or to render the waterway noxious, obnoxious or unsightly. However, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any instance in which any of such aforesaid substances of a kind used in or resulting from kitchen or toilet facilities are indirectly and lawfully deposited in or permitted to enter any kind of waterway, after having first been caused to enter a public sewer; or to any instance, not involving a public nuisance, where so done under a written permit from any public authorities empowered to issue such a permit in any such instance or for any such purpose. (b) The approval of all necessary public officials and boards of the city having any jurisdiction thereof must be obtained and endorsed upon an application for any such permissible purpose, under subsection (a), whereupon a written permit therefor shall be issued to the applicant by the board of parks and recreation acting therein as representative of all such officials and boards. If any matter so proposed to be dumped, placed or deposited is, in the judgment of all or of any of such officials or boards, unsightly, noxious, offensive to the sense of smell or injurious to the public health or safety, or detrimental to the public welfare, or is reasonably calculated to become so, such boards and public officials shall refuse the permit, or if unable to agree thereon, the board of parks and recreation shall thereupon so act in denying it for all boards and officials. (Code 1975, § 7-4)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIPUORSA_CH341BODOWA_ARTIINGE_S341-104POWAFetched: 10/27/2026