A. Food facilities are required at the time of construction to install, operate and maintain an approved type and adequately sized grease interceptor necessary to maintain compliance with the objectives of this chapter in accordance with the FOG Control Manual and the requirements of 40 C.F.R. § 403.5.
B. All fixtures, equipment and drain lines located in the food preparation and clean up areas of food facilities that are sources of FOG discharge shall be connected to an approved grease control device unless otherwise determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.
C. Dishwashers or other fixtures discharging emulsifying agents (e.g., detergents) shall be connected to the sewer system such that their potential to adversely impact the operation of the grease control device operation is minimized.
D. Grease interceptors shall be used in all new food facilities where it is necessary to install a grease control device, and shall have a minimum capacity of seven hundred fifty (750) gallons.
E. New food facilities shall follow sizing criteria for larger devices as specified by the Uniform Plumbing Code.
F. All existing food facilities undergoing remodeling or a major change in operations shall be required to install grease control devices with each chamber readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection of each chamber from the surface and shall include a downstream sample box in accordance with the Uniform Plumbing Code as determined by the City Manager.
G. No certificate of use and occupancy shall be issued for a food facility that is required to have an approved grease control device, until such device has been installed, inspected and approved by the City Manager.
H. The City Manager may establish additional guidelines to supplement this article regarding, but not limited to:
1. Design, construction and inspection standards of grease control devices;
2. The operation and maintenance standards for grease control devices;
3. Kitchen best management practice to prevent FOG from entering the devices;
4. Grease control device cleaning, reporting, and enforcement standards; and
5. Standards for the collection and disposal of FOG by appropriate entities.
I. Upon the effective date of this article, the introduction of any additives into a food facility’s wastewater system for the purposes of emulsifying FOG, is prohibited without the specific written authorization from the City Manager.
J. No discretionary permit, including but not limited to a conditional use permit, shall be issued to a food facility unless the applicant can demonstrate that a grease interceptor has been or will be installed at the food facility in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1137, passed 4-20-10)