The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Action level means the concentration based numeric value that the grease interceptor effluent, at the device's outlet tee and prior to mixing with any other wastewater from the contributing establishment's property, are expected to achieve on a consistent or stipulated basis.
Allocation, sewer allocation, or sewer capacity allocation means conditional designations of estimated sewer treatment capacity to a specific owner and project, subject to all of the provisions of this policy and any document of approval.
Approval authority means the director of the state department of natural resources and community development, division of environmental management.
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for five days at 20 degrees Celsius, expressed in milligrams per liter.
Building drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to a sewer service line, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
Common interceptor means one or more interceptors receiving FOG laden wastewater from more than one establishment. Common interceptors may be located at shopping centers, malls, entertainment complexes, sporting arenas, hotels, multi-tenant "flex" spaces, mixed use spaces, and other sites where multiple establishments are connected to a single grease interceptor. The owner of the property on which the common grease interceptor is located shall be primarily responsible for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the common interceptor.
Compatible wastewater means wastewaters with only those polluting constituents which are susceptible to adequate treatment in the treatment system works, without harm to the sewerage system. The term "compatible constituents" has like meaning with reference to individual wastewater parameters.
Connecting sewers means public sewers connecting to the public sewer system.
Connection fee means a fee charged to defray the cost of the connection of a customer's service line to a sewer main.
Contingent allocations means conditional designations of estimated sewer treatment capacity that become effective only upon the occurrence of specific events.
Critical, essential, or highly desirable community services means commercial, institutional, or public services that have been identified by an official planning document or which are found by the town council to be vital, under- provided needs for the residents of the town.
Evaluation criteria means the factors and findings by which applications for sewer capacity allocations are analyzed and evaluated to assist in decisions regarding allocations.
Fats, oils, and greases means organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established in 40 CRF 136, as may be amended from time to time. All are sometimes referred to herein as "grease" or "greases" or "FOG."
Food service establishments or "FSE" means those establishments primarily engaged in activities of preparing, serving, or otherwise making available for consumption foodstuffs and that use one or more of the following preparation activities: Cooking by frying (all methods), baking (all methods), grilling, sauteing, rotisserie cooking, broiling (all methods), boiling, blanching, roasting, toasting, or poaching, and infrared heating, searing, barbecuing, and any other food preparation or serving activity that produces a consumable food product in or on a receptacle requiring washing to be reused.
FOG enforcement response plan means the document and written plan and procedures by which the ORC implements an enforcement strategy applicable to the FOG control and management program established herein. The plan applies to FOG program violations and matters of program noncompliance. Stipulated penalties for specific and programmatic infractions are addressed in the plan and set forth in the town's annual budget ordinance. The ORC shall make site and case specific determinations of program non-conformance in accordance with this article.
Garbage means solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Grease trap or interceptor means a device for separating waterborne greases and grease complexes from wastewater and retaining such greases and grease complexes prior to the wastewater exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection and treatment system. Grease traps also serve to collect solids that settle, generated by and from activities that subject users to this section, prior to the water exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection and treatment system. Grease traps and interceptors are sometimes referred to herein as "grease interceptors."
Impact fee means a fee levied to recover past or future capital cost required to provide increased capacity of water or sewer facilities.
Improved property means any property which has been altered from its natural state, or its current state, by the construction, erection or rehabilitation of a structure or facility, located upon the ground; and if such completed structure has been improved for human habitation and/or use and results in the generation of wastewater which requires treatment.
Incompatible wastewater means wastewater containing constituents or characteristics which render it unsuitable for transport or treatment in the sewerage system. The terms "incompatible constituents" and "incompatible characteristics" have like meaning with reference to individual wastewater parameters. Incompatible constituents and characteristics include water parameters and the elements listed in prohibitions, and may include other elements so identified by the manager and specified in the user's service permit.
Industrial wastes and high strength wastes mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business, or any high strength wastewater, as distinct from sanitary wastes. Sanitary wastes are defined as wastewaters originating from domestic sources.
Infill means building or development that is significantly surrounded by existing improved property, particularly developed property located within the town limits.
Infrastructure installations means improvements (such as streets, sidewalks, water and sewer mains, and stormwater conveyance or mitigation facilities) required by town subdivision regulations and/or other major facilities improvements required to prepare the property for building improvements.
Manager means the town manager.
Minimum design capability means the design features of a grease interceptor and its ability or volume required to effectively intercept and retain greases and settled solids from grease-laden wastewaters discharged to the public sanitary sewer.
Municipality means the town.
Natural outlet means any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
Non-cooking establishments means those establishments primarily engaged in the preparation of precooked foodstuffs that do not include any form of cooking, but that may produce a consumable food product in or on a receptacle requiring washing to be reused.
Non-municipal means any user of sewer service other than a customer discharging normal sanitary (domestic) wastewater.
Onsite grease interceptor treatment (sometimes onsite treatment) means mechanisms or procedures utilized by a user to treat grease interceptor contents on the user's site, followed by the reintroduction of such treated wastewater back into the interceptor. Onsite grease interceptor treatment may only be accomplished by a user if the user or the user's contract service provider is permitted by the state division of waste management as a septage management firm or service provider.
ORC means the operator in responsible charge of the town's sewer system.
pH means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Public sewer means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
Refractory, in reference to chemical wastewater constituents, means resistant to treatment or difficult to degrade by biochemical processes.
Sanitary sewer means a sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
Scavenger wastes means contents of privies, septic tanks or cesspools, industrial wastes, chemical compounds and sludges which are hauled by truck or other mobile conveyance.
Scheduling means designation of a specific time or time period during which a sewer capacity allocation is available for use.
Service provider means any third party not in the employment of the user that performs maintenance, repair, and other services on a user's grease interceptor at the user's directive.
Sewage means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
Sewage treatment plant means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
Sewer means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Sewer service line means the extension from a building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal; also, a lateral connection.
Sewerage system means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater.
Slug means any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent, or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
Storm drain and storm sewer means a sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
Surcharge means a monetary charge for treatment of industrial waste loads at concentrations higher than normal for sanitary wastewaters. The term "hydraulic surcharge of sewers," meaning overloading, is not used in this article.
Suspended solids means solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
System means the sewerage system of the town.
Tap means the connection made at the customer's service line (including meter or cleanout) to a sewer main.
Town means the Town of Lake Lure, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
User means any person using the services of the town for conveyance or treatment of wastewater.
WWTP means the town wastewater treatment plant.
Wastewater means any waterborne suspension, slurry or solution of any materials in water which serves the purpose of carrying away unwanted materials from the source.
Watercourse means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Code 1989, § 51.03)