(A) Requirement. A grease trap or grease interceptor meeting the specifications in accordance with the Indiana Plumbing Code shall be installed in all food handling establishments. These establishments include restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, bars and clubs, hotels, hospitals, sanitariums, factories, churches, retirement homes, school kitchens or any other establishments where grease, fats or oils may be introduced into the drainage sewage system in quantities that can affect line stoppages or hinder sewage treatment. Grease interceptors located remotely outside a building which discharge into the public sewers shall be in accordance with the Indiana Plumbing Code requirements as are those grease interceptors located inside the building. Grease traps or interceptors are not required for individual dwelling units or for any private living quarters.
(B) Grease trap and interceptor size. The characteristics and size shall be determined by the requirements of the Indiana Plumbing Code.
(C) Maintenance and inspection. Traps and interceptors must be located so as to provide easy access for routine inspection, cleaning, repair and maintenance. All grease traps and interceptors shall be maintained by any person owning or controlling the property upon which a grease trap or interceptor is installed and the trap or interceptor shall be in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(D) System of maintenance and clean-out. The owner or operator shall develop and carry out a system of maintenance and clean-out of the devices, but all traps and interceptors shall be cleaned out a minimum of every six months, or sooner, if the owner or operator of the property knows or should have known that a shorter period of time is required to keep the grease trap or interceptor operating at all times at 90% or greater of rated peak efficiency, or the New Albany Wastewater Treatment Plant Director so notifies the owner or operator of the property that it deems a shorter period necessary.
(E) Reports to the New Albany Waste Treatment Plant. All persons required to install and maintain grease traps or interceptors shall develop and carry out this system of maintenance, clean-out and repair of such devices, and shall send to the New Albany Waste Water Treatment Plant a form certified by a licensed waste hauler that will include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) The required maintenance and clean-out of the trap or interceptor has been done and completed;
(2) The identity of the licensed plumber or waste hauler who cleaned and maintained the trap or interceptor; and
(3) The method and location of grease disposal.
(F) Modifications and exceptions. A modification or exception to this section must have the approval of the Building Commissioner and the Sewer Board, and must not be in conflict with the Indiana Plumbing Code.
(Ord. G-58-34, passed 6-18-1058; Ord. G-99-330, passed 6-17-1999; Ord. G-00-67, passed 12-4-2000; Ord. G-01-26, passed 8-6-2001) Penalty, see § 51.999