The City Council finds as follows:
(A) The Environmental Protection Agency, an agency of the government of the United States of America, has instituted sanitary sewer overflow regulations which are enforced by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality;
(B) Clogs in the city’s sewer lines due to fats, oil, grease, and sand can create sanitary sewer overflow, as well as sewer backups into homes and businesses, and sanitary sewer overflows are considered regulatory violations committed by wastewater treatment facilities;
(C) The city’s wastewater treatment plant is directly impacted by fats, oil, grease, and sand, which reduce plant operation efficiency, cause plant upset, and create higher levels of biochemical oxygen demand that burdens the plant;
(D) Higher biochemical oxygen demand levels lead to high-operating costs and increase sewer line cleaning frequency;
(E) The number of sanitary sewer overflows can be substantially reduced with an effective grease and sand trap inspection program; and
(F) The provisions of this article are reasonably necessary for the protection of the city’s wastewater treatment system to prevent sanitary sewer overflow and ensure public health and safety.