(A) Whenever the Superintendent determines that interceptors or traps are needed to protect the sewerage collection system or the Sewage Treatment Plant from grease, oil, sand or similar substances occurring in the user's sewage and so notifies the user, then such traps shall be promptly installed by the user, on owner's lines, at owner's expense and shall be so maintained by owner that none of such substances can be carried over into the public sewers. All traps or interceptors shall meet the Control Authority's standards as to construction, location and installation.
(B) Any building sewer which will have or has the potential of discharging waste containing grease, oil, sand or similar substances, having quantity and characteristics above that of a normal single-family residence waste, shall have a grease and/or sand trap installed in a manner to provide, at all times, the effective removal of grease, oil, sand or similar substances before discharge to the public sewer.
(C) The utility has deemed it necessary to require the installation of a grease and/or sand trap in either the building sewer or within the building's plumbing system in accordance with the "Uniform Plumbing Code", Latest Edition, Chapter 7, minimum requirements where the Superintendent has determined that any one of the following conditions exists:
(1) Abnormal maintenance of the sewer has been required to prevent the occurrence of blockages, back-ups, and the like, resulting in property damage; and evidence indicates that the cause of this abnormal maintenance is the result of the discharge of prohibited wastes and/or wastes in excess of limitations set out in §§ 50.01 through 50.43.
(2) There exists a concentration of persons discharging prohibited wastes into a public sewer without the benefit of any grease and/or sand trap.
(D) The Superintendent shall notify, in writing, any person who has been identified to be in violation of any of the above mentioned conditions and shall require such person or persons to install grease and/or sand traps.
(E) Following notification, the grease and/or sand traps shall be installed within 120 days.
(F) The need of and responsibility for the installation and maintenance of grease and sand traps shall be determined by the Town Council and the cost will be borne by the owner.
(G) The Town Council may, upon application and proof of economic hardship or other reason, extend the time within which such equipment must be installed.
(Ord., passed 10-4-88) Penalty, see § 50.99