(a) Installation Requirements for New Food Service Facilities. All proposed or newly remodeled food service facilities inside the CHD/UPW water Service area may be required to install an approved, properly operated and maintained grease interceptor subject to the determination of the CHD.
(b) Phased Implementation Plan for Existing Food Service Facilities. All existing food service facilities inside the CHD/UPW Wastewater Service area are expected to conduct their operations in such a manner that grease is captured on the user's premises and then properly disposed of. Existing Food Service Facilities will typically be handled under CHD/UPW's Grease Control Program.
(1) CHD/UPW will periodically inspect each Food Service Facility on an as- needed basis to assure that each facility is complying with the intent of the Grease Control Program. CHD/UPW's goal is to achieve compliance by all existing Food Service Facilities.
(2) Through preventive maintenance records or emergency calls related to grease, CHD/UPW will identify and target "grease problem areas" in the wastewater collection system. Food Service Facilities located upstream of these problem areas and discharging their waste water into the "problem" lines will be identified as potential contributors to the grease build-up. CHD/UPW inspects the grease interceptors of al1 food service facilities in the vicinity of the “problem area”, making note of maintenance records, sizing, and condition.
(3) Each Food Service Facility in the vicinity of the problem area will be inspected. The facilities' grease control practices and the adequacy of their grease control interceptor/equipment will be assessed. Maintenance records will also be reviewed.
(4) Following the inspections, CHD/UPW will send written notice to the inspected food service facilities, containing an educational brochure on grease in the sewer system, a summary of the policy requirements, and the results of the inspection. The inspections will typically result in one of the following actions:
A. Facilities equipped with an appropriate and adequately sized grease interceptor who are meeting the intent of the Grease Control Program through effective grease control practices will be commended for their compliance.
B. Facilities may be required to develop and submit to CHD/UPW a proposed plan designed to achieve compliance through improved housekeeping and increased maintenance and pumping on the existing grease interceptor/equipment.
C. Facilities that are not successful in achieving compliance with the intent of the Grease Control Program through improved housekeeping and increased maintenance and pumping on the existing grease interceptor/equipment will be required to install the necessary interceptor/equipment to bring the facility into compliance. An appropriate amount of time will be agreed upon between CHD/UPW and the Customer.
(c) Floor Drains. Only floor drains which discharge or have the potential to discharge grease shall be connected to a grease interceptor.
(d) Garbage Grinders and Dishwashers. Garbage grinders or commercial dishwashers shall not be connected to grease interceptors.
(e) Location.
(1) Each grease trap and grease interceptor shall be installed and connected so that it is easily accessible for inspection, cleaning, and removal of the intercepted grease at any time. A grease interceptor may not be installed in any part of a building unless approved in writing by CHD.
(2) Location of grease interceptors shall meet the approval of CHD. The best location is in an area outside of an outside wall.
(Ord. 4168. Passed 6-24-03.)