(A) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients.
(B) All new restaurants, laundries, wash racks, vehicle service stations, private multi-user systems, engine or machinery repair shops, and other facilities that produce grease, grit, oil, lint or other materials which accumulate and cause or threaten to cause stoppages or impair the efficiency of the utilities’ sewers or threatens the safety of its employees, shall install and maintain a grease trap, grit trap, lint trap, oil interceptor or other appropriate device of standard design and construction to prevent excess discharges of such material.
(C) All gasoline filling stations, garages, self-service automobile washers and other public wash racks where vehicles are washed shall install catch basins in conformity with the Plumbing Code in accordance with a permit obtained from the city. In the event any existing premises does not have a catch basin and sewer line servicing the facility stops up due to grit or slime in the sewer lines, then the owner or operator of such premises shall be required to modify these facilities to construct a catch basin as a condition of continuing use of the system.
(D) All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Superintendent. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
(2005 Code, § 3-245)