§ 5-6406. GREASE INTERCEPTORS.

(a)

Any type of business or establishment such as, but not limited to, restaurants, bakeries, donut shops, takeout or drive-in eating establishments, ice cream or milk drive-in stations, hospitals, hotels, markets, recreation or reception halls, etc., where any grease or other objectionable materials may be discharged into a public or private sewage main or disposal system shall have a grease interceptor.

(b)

Interceptors shall be constructed in accordance with the design approved by the Environmental Health Division.

(c)

Each grease interceptor shall be so installed and connected that it shall be at all times easily accessible for inspection, cleaning and removal of the intercepted grease. A grease interceptor may not be installed in any part of a building where food is handled. Proper location of the grease interceptor shall meet the Plumbing Code.

(d)

Each business establishment for which a grease interceptor is required shall have an interceptor, which shall serve only that business establishment.

(e)

Buildings remodeled for use requiring interceptors shall be subject to those regulations.

(f)

Waste discharge from fixtures and equipment in the abovementioned types of establishments which may contain grease or other objectionable materials including, but not limited to, scullery sinks, pot and pan sinks, dishwashers, food waste disposals, soup kettles, etc., and floor drains located in areas where such objectionable materials may exist, may be drained into the sanitary waste through the interceptor when approved by the Director. Exception: toilets, urinals and other fixtures containing fecal material may not flow through the interceptor.

(g)

The interceptors shall be maintained in efficient operating condition by periodic removal of the accumulated grease. No such collected grease shall be introduced into any drainage piping or public or private sewer.

(h)

Abandoned grease interceptors shall be emptied and filled as required for abandoned septic tanks in the Uniform Plumbing Code.

(i)

The cover for grease interceptors shall be one-half inch thick steel plate reinforced to withstand any applied load. Except as otherwise provided, the cover shall be gas-tight on all interceptors and the waste shall enter the interceptor through the inlet pipe only.

(j)

Interceptors shall be installed in such a manner that drainage from areas outside the area intended to be served may not enter.

(Ord. 3994 § 1 (part), 1998)