A. Commencing one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of this article, new food facilities that are permitted to operate without an installed grease interceptor as a result of a waiver or variance issued under this chapter shall be required to pay an annual grease disposal mitigation fee.
B. The payment of a grease disposal mitigation fee in lieu of installing a grease interceptor shall only be allowed after all other grease control devices have been considered for installation.
C. The grease disposal mitigation fee shall be established by resolution of the City Council, and shall be based on the estimated annual increased cost of maintaining the sewer system and sewer lateral pipelines for inspection and removal of FOG and other viscous or solidifying agents attributable to the FSE resulting from the lack of a grease interceptor or grease control device and such other costs that the City Council considers appropriate.
D. This section shall not be interpreted to allow a new food facility or existing food facilities undergoing remodeling or change in operations, to operate without an approved grease interceptor unless the City Manager has determined that it is impossible to install or operate a grease control interceptor for the food facility under the provisions of this chapter.
E. The food facility owner or operator shall pay the grease disposal mitigation fee annually, no later than July 30 of each year.
F. The grease disposal mitigation fee may be waived or reduced on a no less than annual basis when the food facility owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the City Manager that it has fully implemented BMPs on a regular basis to reduce the introduction of FOG into the City’s sewer system to the extent such discharges from the food facility meet the water quality requirements of the sewer system and the sewer WDRs.
G. The grease disposal mitigation fee may not be waived or reduced when the food facility’s private sewer lateral pipeline has failed and resulted in a wastewater backup, a SSO or some other blockage of or interference with the sewer system within or adjacent to the food facility during the twelve (12) months prior to the waiver request.
(Ord. 1137, passed 4-20-10)