[Adopted 9-2-1947 by Ord. No. 353]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A plumbing appurtenance that is installed in a sanitary drainage system to intercept oily and greasy wastes from wastewater discharges. A standard grease interceptor is a large-capacity underground vault with at least two chambers installed on the gray water discharge from a kitchen facility and is designed to prevent fats, oils and grease from entering the sanitary sewers. These vaults are installed outside the building as near as possible to the source of oil/grease. The vaults must have lids with manhole openings in the top to allow access into the vault for cleaning and for inspection of vault components, including visual inspection of all interior baffles and/or tees. Vault capacity is determined using a calculation provided in the Uniform Construction Code and the National Standard Plumbing Code. The vault also must meet the standard specifications of the City of Hackensack.
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010]
GREASE TRAP
A plumbing appurtenance that is installed in a sanitary drainage system to intercept oily and greasy wastes from wastewater discharges. Grease traps are a smaller version of a grease interceptor installed above or below the floor level, usually inside of the building. A grease trap has a much smaller capacity than a grease interceptor vault. A solid metal lid is usually affixed to the grease trap body to allow for inspection and cleaning. The number of fixtures that can connect to the grease trap, and grease trap size, is found in the Uniform Construction Code and the National Standard Plumbing Code.
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010]
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Solid or liquid wastes from any service, process or industrial undertaking, except wastes from the bodies of persons engaged therein.
A. 
No person, firm, association or corporation shall permit or cause to enter or flow into any sewer or appurtenance any hot, corrosive, suffocating, inflammable or explosive liquid, gas, vapor or substance, nor any material which is likely to adhere to, damage, deteriorate or obstruct any sewer or appurtenance, nor any refuse, paper, rags, cans, metal, ashes, glass, wood, leaves, garden clippings or other material except sanitary sewage or such industrial wastes as are allowed by permits to be issued pursuant to and in conformity with the terms and conditions of this Article.
B. 
No person, firm, association or corporation shall permit or cause to enter or flow into any sewer or appurtenance any oil, grease, chemical acid, caustic, wetting agent, grease emulsifier or any bactericidal or antiseptic material except as specifically stated in a permit as provided by this article.
[Amended 8-19-1996 by Ord. No. 13-96]
A. 
Any garage, service station, car-washing station, machine shop or any other establishment from which gasoline, oil, grease or oily or greasy washings flow shall be provided with approved separators designed to retain the gasoline, oil and grease and prevent its discharge into the sewer. Said separators shall be so located, constructed and maintained that they can be readily cleaned of gasoline, oil and grease and can be readily inspected. Gasoline, oil and grease shall be removed from the separators at such intervals as will prevent such material from flowing to the sewer.
B. 
Any establishment subject to the provisions of this section shall also be subject to the provisions of the following sections.
A. 
The discharge of industrial wastes into the sewers of the City of Hackensack by any person, firm, association or corporation is hereby prohibited except under permit issued by the Building, Housing and Land Use Department of the City of Hackensack, subject to the approval of the County Sewer Authority.
B. 
Such permit shall regulate the conditions under which such person, firm, association or corporation may discharge industrial wastes into the sewers, and shall require such construction, operation and maintenance of treatment, pretreatment, measuring or control facilities as are reasonably necessary, at the expense of the permit holder or applicant therefor.
C. 
If no regulations are stated in the permit concerning the conditions under which such person, firm, association or corporation may discharge industrial wastes into the sewers, the permit shall extend only to the discharge of industrial wastes with the characteristics and in the quantities and at the rates prevailing at the time the permit is issued.
D. 
Applicants for permits and permit holders shall furnish such information concerning the sewage to be discharged as may be required by the city from time to time.
Unless specifically excepted by the permit, the premises to which the permit applies shall have but one connection to the sewers. Unless otherwise stated in the permit, a manhole shall be provided on the property of the permit holder as near as possible to the street line, which manhole shall be accessible and subject to inspection at all times. No sewage shall be discharged into the sewers except through this manhole.
Permits issued by virtue of this Article shall confer no vested rights but shall be prohibitionary only. The right to terminate permits, the right to change the regulations stated in such permits and the right to require construction, operation and maintenance of additional facilities by the permit holder are reserved by the city. Except as provided in § 141-7, termination in or change of permit shall not take effect until 60 days after notice has been given the permit holder, provided that if the permit holder agrees to proposed changes in the regulations, or if the characteristics, quantity or rate of flow of the industrial wastes change, or if compliance with orders of the State Board of Health so require, then the city may change the regulations upon 48 hours' notice to the permit holder.
The right to revoke permits for failure to comply with regulations prescribed by the city officials in the permit or with other provisions of this Article or for failure to properly construct, operate and maintain facilities prescribed in the permit, is reserved by the city, and upon revocation of the permit the city reserves the right to disconnect the premises of the permit holder from the sewer upon 48 hours' notice.
Authorized representatives of the Department of Public Works and/or Plumbing Inspector shall have access to any premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of making inspections and tests to determine the extent of compliance with this Article.
Any person, firm, association or corporation discharging industrial wastes into the common sewers of the City of Hackensack without first securing a permit as hereinbefore provided shall be deemed to have violated this Article and shall furthermore be subject to having his or its connection with the common sewers disconnected after 48 hours' notice.