This article shall be hereafter known as the
"Rostraver Township Grease Remediation Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF GREASE
Discharge concentrations exceeding 100 parts per million
(ppm) of grease, oil and fat downstream of an interceptor or trap.
FOOD PREPARATION FACILITY
Any food establishment in any building, room or place or
any portion thereof or appurtenance thereto, where human food or drink
is mixed, cooked or otherwise prepared, offered for sale, sold, served
or given with or without charge to patrons, customers or guests for
consumption on the premises; provided, however, that this does not
include the mixing, cooking or other preparation of serving of food
in single-family dwellings to the resident family or its guest.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gallons per minute
(gpm) and which is located underground outside the building.
GREASE TRAP
An interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gpm or less and which
is located inside the building. Grease traps shall be rated for a
minimum 22.5 gpm.
RESTAURANT
Any public eating place where meals are prepared, offered
for sale, sold and served to patrons, customers or guests for compensation
based on the price charged for and generally paid at the conclusion
of each meal. The words "meals," as used herein, means meals generally
consisting of courses embracing some kind of meat or its equivalent,
vegetables, bread, pastry, beverages and accompaniments.
Every building or room occupied or used as a
food preparation facility or restaurant shall be well drained. All
soil pipes, waste pipes, drains or other plumbing fixtures shall be
of adequate size to enable a passage of any waste intended to pass
through it to the main public sewer. All drains, sewers, waste and
soil pipes, traps in water and gas pipes shall at all times be kept
in good repair and order so that no gasses or odor shall escape therefrom
and so that the same shall not leak, and all vent pipes shall be kept
in good order and repair and free from obstruction.
The Township of Rostraver reserves the right
to invoke and enforce a Rostraver Township Sewage Authority regulation
relating to the subject matter of this article and to seek the imposition
of the penalties provided in the said Rostraver Township Sewage Authority
Rules and Regulation.