(a) Scope and Purpose. The objective of this section is to set forth uniform requirements and guidelines for preventing the introduction and accumulation of fats, oils, and greases into the municipal wastewater system that will cause or contribute to sanitary sewer blockages and obstructions. Food Service Establishments (FSE) and other industrial or commercial establishments generating wastewater containing fats, oils and greases are subject to this chapter. This section will regulate such uses by requiring that grease interceptors and other approved strategies be installed, implemented and maintained in accordance with the provisions within.
(b) A trap for the interception of grease, oil and mud shall be provided on a connection from a hotel, restaurant, club, food and bakery preparation establishment, commercial or institutional kitchen and from a public garage, automobile washing station, slaughter or packing house. Such trap shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Ohio Building Code.
(c) Grease, oil and mud traps where existing shall be pumped and cleaned on a bimonthly basis by a qualified service organization and a confirming report forwarded by the business operator to the Superintendent of Sewers prior to the last day of the bimonthly period.
(d) Any FSE in operation on or before the effective date of this section, or for a period of ninety (90) days prior thereto or for which a building permit has been purchased, approved and is currently under construction and is without a grease interceptor, shall be required to install a grease interceptor at the time of facility renovation, change of ownership, or within two (2) years of the adoption of this ordinance, whichever comes first.
(e) Any new grease interceptor installation must obtain a Permit-to-Install (PTI) from the Ohio EPA prior to construction, unless the new installation meets an exemption from the PTI rule as specified in (OAC 3745-42-02).
(1) Install and maintain a grease interceptor that complies with (Chapter 4101:2-56-69 OAC).
(2) Grease interceptors shall be kept free of inorganic solid materials such as grit, rocks, gravel, sand, eating utensils, cigarettes, towels and rags, etc., which could settle into the soils blanket and thereby reduce the effective volume of the grease interceptor.
(3) Operate and maintain the grease interceptor to achieve and maintain an applicable action level. Applicable shall mean the compliance with any regulatory narrative or numeric value established by the Authority.
(4) Contracted service providers maintaining grease interceptors within the City of Jackson, Ohio shall be registered with the Jackson County Department of Health, and obtain a permit from the Authority.
(5) When servicing grease interceptors within the City of Jackson, Ohio, all service providers must have, in their possession, the proper permit as issued by the Authority.
(6) The use of biological or other additives as grease degradation or conditioning agents is permissible only upon prior written permission granted by the Authority.
(7) The User shall maintain a written record on the current form issued by the Authority, of all grease interceptor maintenance for three years. All such records must be available for inspection by the Authority at all times. These records shall include:
(8) FSE name and physical location.
(9) Date of grease interceptor service.
(10) Time of grease interceptor service.
(11) Name of contract service provider company.
(12) Name and signature of service provider company representative.
(13) The established frequency of the service and the type of service provided.
(14) The number, location and size of each interceptor serviced.
(15) The total volume removed from each interceptor.
(16) Destination of waste, foods, solid and wastewater removed for disposal.
(17) The date and signature of FSE personnel confirming service completion.
(18) Any additional information that may be required by the Authority.
(f) Wastewater discharged to the FSE grease interceptors shall not exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit at the point of entrance to the interceptor. Grease concentrations shall not exceed 75 mg/l at a sampling point located nearest the interceptor’s discharge to the sanitary sewer. Compliance with this discharge limit shall be determined by laboratory analysis, (EPA Hexane Extraction Method HEM 1664).
(g) Grease interceptors shall be serviced and emptied of accumulated waste content as required to maintain minimum design capacity or the effective volume of the grease interceptor. At no time shall the frequency of service exceed ninety (90) days.
(h) Cost Recovery. Any User who discharges or places into the City of Jackson, Ohio sanitary sewer system any substance or material that causes a partial or total obstruction or blockage is required to reimburse the City of Jackson, Ohio for any costs incurred in responding to the obstruction or blockage, and any cost mitigating any damage to the City of Jackson, Ohio sanitary sewer system. The cost may be pro-rated to more than one User if more than one User contributed to the obstruction or blockage.
(i) The owner of the property on which the common grease interceptor has been installed, shall be primarily responsible for the maintenance, upkeep and repair of the common interceptor.
(j) Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 925.99. (Ord. 31-24. Passed 5-13-24.)