(A) (1) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors or traps shall be provided by a user when, in the opinion of the Town Manager, they are necessary for the proper handling of flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful pollutants.
(2) All interceptors or traps shall be located so as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. All interceptors or traps shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature and shall be equipped with easily removable covers. Where installed, all interceptors or traps shall be maintained by the owner, at the owner's expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. When the user fails to clean and/or maintain the interceptor or traps sufficiently, the Town Manager may, in his or her discretion, require the user to comply with a maintenance schedule established by the Town Manager through a discharge permit.
(B) (1) Specifications for grease, oil, and sand interceptors or traps shall be in accordance with 675 I.A.C. 16-1.4-1 et seq., which identifies, amends, and incorporates therein the Uniform Plumbing Code, 1979 Edition.
(2) Copies of the aforementioned rules, regulations, and codes adopted herein by reference are on file in the office of the Town Manager.
(C) Restaurants. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any sanitary sewer any wastewater or pollutants, which cause, threaten to cause or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances:
(1) Obstruction to the flow in the sewers or other disruption to the proper operation of the sewage disposal system;
(2) An interference; or
(3) Pass-through.
(D) (1) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or wastes into any sanitary sewer:
(2) Solid or viscous substances and/or other pollutants which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the sewage disposal system such as, but not limited to, grease, garbage other than properly shredded garbage, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, tar, asphalt residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes, or tumbling and deburring stones.
(E) A grease interceptor shall be installed in the waste line leading from sinks, drains and other fixtures or equipment in restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, bars and clubs, hotels, hospitals, factories or school kitchens; or other establishments where grease may be introduced into the drainage or sewage system in quantities that can affect line stoppage or hinder sewage treatment. The characteristics, size and method of installation of the grease interceptor shall meet the requirements imposed by the Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission and shall be reviewed and approved by the utility prior to the commencement of installation. Approval of proposed facilities or equipment does not relieve the person of the responsibility of enlarging or otherwise modifying such facilities to accomplish the intended purpose. A grease interceptor is not required for individual dwelling units or for any private living quarters.
(1) Where installed, all grease interceptors shall be maintained by the customer, at his or her sole expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(2) The customer shall provide evidence, such as invoices, that grease interceptors are cleaned and maintained regularly. This evidence shall be retained by the customer for a period of at least 24 months. The utility may discontinue water and/or sewage disposal service to customers for their refusal to provide evidence that the grease interceptor has been cleaned and regularly maintained.
(Prior Code, § 9-68) (Ord. 2009-7, passed 9-15-2009; Ord. 2020-06, passed 9-8-2020) Penalty, see § 52.999