§ 53.029 SEPARATORS.
   (A)   Whenever required by the village, users of any property serviced by a sanitary sewer carrying wastewater shall install separators as necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease, sand, oil, or any other matters that may violate the provisions of § 53.021.
   (B)   When required, all sanitary sewers of the user into which waste products are discharged shall be directed to one or more such separators before connecting with the public sanitary sewers. Such separators shall be installed by the user and be accessible for maintenance purposes and, when feasible, shall be located outside the building. It shall be the user's responsibility to clean and maintain such separator or separators at a regular frequency so as to ensure efficient operation. The construction of separators shall be in strict accordance with applicable state and local plumbing codes.
   (C)   All new or altered installation serving institutions or commercial establishments in which grease, fats, culinary oil, grease, or fats in the above type establishments shall be directed to one or more separators (grease traps) located outside the building and shall be accessible for maintenance purposes. Use of other separators (grease traps) shall require proof of being at least equal to what is prescribed above. See illustration in the Illinois State Plumbing Code (77 Illinois Administrative Code 890).
   (D)   All new or altered restaurants that require separator (grease trap) shall install a minimum 1,000 gallon unit. Sandwich bars and carry-out services which only prepare cold sandwiches (not cooked foods) shall install a minimum 400 gallon unit.
   (E)   The Board of Trustees of the village may after reviewing pertinent information allow the installation of a grease trap having a lesser volume than 400 gallons. The sizing of this grease trap shall be determined by the village.
   (F)   No person shall reintroduce into the sewer system of the village materials which have been removed from the sewer system by catch basins, grease traps, and other pretreatment devices. Physical, chemical, or biological agents shall not be introduced into catch basins, grease traps or other pretreatment devices for the purpose of re-suspending, dissolving, emulsifying, or rendering soluble any pollutants or other materials removed from a waste stream by such pretreatment devices and reintroducing these materials into the sewer system.
(Ord. 03-19, passed 10-20-2003) Penalty, see §§ 53.090 through 53.099