(A) Except for under the sink grease interceptors, each interceptor shall be located outside of a building or structure in an area accessible for service, and so installed and connected that it shall be at all times easily accessible for inspection and for cleaning and removal of the intercepted waste. Inlet flow control inspection ports, interceptor inspection ports and effluent monitoring ports shall be in areas where vehicles may not temporarily block access for inspection. Interceptors shall be deemed to be inaccessible if the use of ladders or the removal of bulky equipment or stored materials are required to inspect inlet flow control devices, inspect or service interceptors, or sample interceptor effluent. Inspection ports and monitoring ports shall be located so as to allow inspectors quick and easy access to the inlet flow control device, each compartment of the interceptor, and the effluent from the interceptor. An interceptor shall not be installed in any part of a building where food is handled. The location of all interceptors, inspection ports and monitoring ports must be approved by the Public Works Director.
(B) An inspection port shall be provided for the flow control device regulating flow into the interceptor.
(C) A one-piece removable metal plate covering the entire interceptor shall be preferred as an interceptor inspection port although, in the discretion of the Public Works Director, standard manhole ports may be installed over each divider in the interceptor, but in either case all parts of the interceptor shall be easily accessible for cleaning and visual inspection.
(D) A monitoring port shall be provided for ease in sampling the effluent from the interceptor and shall be as close as possible to the connection with the town’s POTW within the bounds of the facility property. The port shall be installed and maintained at the operator’s expense. The operator shall properly place, monitor and maintain the monitoring port so that wastewater samples taken from the monitoring port are representative of wastewater leaving the interceptor. It shall be unlawful for a operator to divert sewage around a monitoring point into the POTW.
(Ord. passed 8-3-2010) Penalty, see § 52.99