The defined words and phrases in this section shall have the meanings there ascribed to them for the purpose of this article, unless the context in which they appear clearly indicates otherwise.
CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of the City of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, or any other city employee designated by the City Manager to enforce the provisions of this article.
FACILITY. Refers both to food service facilities and transportation service establishments, unless a modifying word or words indicate that a different meaning is intended.
FOG. Fats, oil, and grease, a term which generally refers to animal and vegetable glycerides discharged from food processing and serving industries. These substances are detectable and can be measured using standard analytical techniques. They are generally referred to as grease or greases.
FOOD COURTS. Designated areas, generally found at shopping malls, shopping centers, and amusement parks that contain several food service facilities with different owners that share seating space and plumbing facilities.
FOOD SERVICE FACILITY. A facility that prepares and/or packages food for sale or consumption. These include but are not limited to restaurants, food processing facilities, food manufacturers, seafood packing plants, bakeries, lounges, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, churches, schools, dairies, slaughter houses, meat packers, food courts, caterers, and theme parks.
GRAY WATER. All of the liquid and particles suspended in the liquid in a trap after lighter-than-water materials have risen to the top and heavier-than-water materials have sunk to the bottom.
GREASE. Animal and vegetable glycerides discharged from food processing and serving industries.
GREASE TRAP. A device to which grease and food wastes are directed from the food service facility operations. It functions to separate and retain waterborne greases and solid food particles prior to the wastewater exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer system. It also collects solids and grease from kitchen floor drains.
OWNER. The owner, and, if the owner does not operate the facility, the operator of a food service facility or a transportation service establishment.
SAMPLING PORT. An opening allowing access to a location where samples can be collected and analyzed. The SAMPLING PORT shall be between the trap and the point of discharge to the city sewer system.
SAND AND OIL TRAP. A device to which sand and oil wastes are directed from the transportation service establishment operations. It functions to separate and retain waterborne sand and oil particles prior to the wastewater exiting the trap or interceptor and entering the sanitary sewer system.
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW. The backing up and overflowing of the sewer system as a result of clogging or the obstruction of flow in the city’s sewer system due to the discharge of wastewater with excessive fats, oil, greases, and sand.
SEWAGE SYSTEM. The publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants or sewer systems of the city, including, but not limited to all the collector system piping, lines, manholes, lift stations, and treatment plants.
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. An automotive, truck or heavy machinery repair and/or maintenance shop, car or truck wash, truck terminal, commercial or industrial transportation equipment manufacturing, or maintenance facilities that have tanks, wash racks, or any other sand and oily liquid waste discharges indirectly or directly to the city’s public sanitary sewer system.
TRAP. Refers to both a grease trap and a sand and oil trap, unless a modifying word or words indicate that a different meaning is intended.