[Adopted 3-7-1958 by Ord. No. 460]
[Amended 7-17-1963 by Ord. No. 545]
All owners of property abutting on or adjoining
that portion of any road, street, lane or alley or other public thoroughfare
or right-of-way or easement containing or abutting a public sanitary
sewer, in the Borough of Baden in which there is a sanitary sewer
owned or constructed by the Municipal Authority of the Borough of
Baden, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, are hereby required to connect
such buildings as are erected on said property to such sewer for the
purpose of discharging all household waste liquids and other matter
customarily directed into a sanitary sewer system, provided that the
said building is within 250 feet of the said public sewer. Said connection
shall be at owners' cost; shall be made by running a lateral sewer
from the main sewer to said building; shall be in full accord with
all regulations and requirements of said Borough; and the tap into
the Borough sanitary sewer system shall not be covered until written
and dated authorization to do so is issued by the Borough Secretary
for the Borough of Baden. The owners shall be required to pay the
usual and customary tapping fee and the service charge for such sewage
service to the said Borough.
Oils, grease, tar, gasoline or other liquids that are not of the usual household nature, including stormwater or drainage due to rain or snow, shall not be emptied into or permitted to enter the sanitary sewer system. Violation thereof shall subject the owners to penalties as set forth herein under § 152-10.
Every such property shall be connected separately
and independently with the sewer through the house connection branch
directly opposite the building or nearest in a downstream direction.
Grouping of buildings upon one house sewer shall not be permitted,
except with special permission granted by the Borough Council.
The owners of property abutting on or adjoining
any road, street, lane or alley in which there is a sanitary sewer
shall be given 90 days' notice in writing by the office of the Secretary
of the Borough of Baden, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, of the requirement
that all buildings erected upon abutting property shall have sewer
connections, and upon his, her, its or their failure to make such
connections within said period, the Borough may make the same and
collect the costs thereof from the owner by a municipal claim or in
an action of assumpsit as is provided by law.
Any person required to connect with said sanitary
sewer shall make application for a tapping permit to the Secretary
of the Borough on forms provided by the Borough and shall not open
any road, street, lane or alley or make any connection with the sanitary
sewer system until a written permit has been issued and the fee for
the issuing of said permit has been paid in full to the Borough of
Baden, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
No privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or similar
outdated receptacle for human excrement shall at any time be connected
with the sanitary sewer system.
No privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or similar
outdated receptacle for human excrements shall hereafter be used upon
any premises from which connection with the sanitary sewer system
shall have been made. Any steel vault or tank shall within 45 days
after connection with a sewer be abandoned, cleansed and filled under
such direction and supervisions as may be required by Borough Council.
Any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
receptacle abandoned pursuant to this article which at any future
time shall constitute a nuisance, or in the judgment of the Borough
Council shall constitute a hazard, shall be cleansed and filled within
30 days of the notice to do so by the Borough Council, and upon failure
of the property owner to comply with such notice, shall be cleansed
and filled by Borough Council at the expense of the owner of such
property.
[Amended 5-15-1985 by Ord. No. 759]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine
of not more than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default
of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail
for a term of not more than 30 days.
[Added 10-24-2012 by Ord.
No. 919]
A.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
FATS, OILS AND GREASES (FOG)
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
(1)
(2)
REGULATED FOOD PREPARATION FACILITY
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
The Code Enforcement Officer/Building Inspector or authorized
representative from Baden Borough or the Municipal Authority of the
Borough of Baden.
Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant
sources that contain carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances
are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established
in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended from time to time. All are sometimes
referred to herein as "grease" or "greases."
A plumbing appurtenance or appliance that is installed in
a sanitary drainage system to intercept nonpetroleum fats, oil and
greases (FOG) from wastewater. There are two types of grease interceptors:
gravity grease interceptors and hydromechanical grease interceptors.
GRAVITY GREASE INTERCEPTORA plumbing appurtenance or appliance that is installed in a sanitary drainage system to intercept nonpetroleum fats, oil and greases (FOG) from a wastewater discharge and is identified by volume, thirty-minute retention time, baffle(s), a minimum of two compartments, a minimum total volume of 300 gallons, and gravity separation. Gravity grease interceptors are generally installed outside.
HYDROMECHANICAL GREASE INTERCEPTORA plumbing appurtenance or appliance that is installed in a sanitary drainage system to intercept nonpetroleum fats, oil and greases (FOG) from a wastewater discharge and is identified by flow rate, separation and retention efficiency. The design incorporates air-entrainment, hydromechanical separation, interior baffling and/or barriers in combination or separately, and an external flow control, with air intake (vent).
Any commercial facility discharging kitchen or food preparation
wastewater, including restaurants, motels, hotels, cafeterias, health
care services, hospitals, schools, bars, delicatessens, caterers,
nursing homes, grocery stores, bakeries, etc., and any other facility
which, in the opinion of the control authority, would require a grease
trap/grease interceptor installation by virtue of its operation.
B.
Plumbing to be in good repair. Every restaurant and food preparation
facility shall be well-drained. All soil pipes, waste pipes, drains
or other plumbing fixtures shall be of adequate size to enable the
passage of any waste intended to pass through to the main sewer. All
drains, sewers, waste and soil pipes, and traps in water and gas pipes
shall, at all times, be kept in good repair so that there are no leaks
and so that no gasses or odors escape. All vent pipes shall be kept
in good order and repair and free from obstruction.
C.
Installation of grease interceptors and traps.
(1)
Every food service and regulated facility which operates more
than 15 days and/or has a potable water usage of more than 3,000 gallons
in any calendar month shall install, regularly dispose of material
from, and properly monitor grease traps for damage to assure that
they properly function. Any regulated facility which does not currently
utilize a properly functioning grease trap shall install such a grease
trap within six months after passage of this section, unless determined
to not be feasible by Baden Borough or the Municipal Authority of
the Borough of Baden. Grease traps/interceptors shall be properly
sized to handle the expected flow from the facility. Final decisions
regarding the required sizing of grease traps/interceptors shall be
by the Borough or the Authority.
(2)
No solid waste devices, such as waste grinders, disposals, potato
peelers, etc., shall discharge through the grease trap or grease interceptor.
Only potential grease-laden fixtures may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
D.
Maintenance of grease interceptors and traps.
(1)
All grease interceptors and grease traps shall be maintained
and kept in good working order at all times. The interceptor or trap
shall limit the amount of grease discharged into the public sewer
system to levels not exceeding those permitted by the Borough. Fats,
oil or grease (FOG) discharges shall not exceed 100 mg/L downstream
of the interceptor or trap.
(2)
Grease interceptors shall be cleaned as often as necessary to
ensure that sediment and floating materials do not accumulate and
impair the efficiency of the grease interceptor, to ensure the discharge
is in compliance with the local discharge limit (100 mg/L), and to
ensure no visible grease is observed in the discharge. Cleaning shall
be required at a minimum of once per year.
(3)
Grease interceptors, when cleaned, shall be fully evacuated.
(4)
A written record shall be kept of all inspections/cleanings.
The inspection/cleaning record shall include:
(a)
Name, address, and telephone number of the inspector/cleaner;
(b)
Name, signature, address and telephone number of the person
who generated the waste and the date of inspection/cleaning;
(c)
Amount of the waste collected and transported;
(d)
Date and place where the waste was disposed; and
(e)
Name and signature of the facility on-site representative acknowledging
receipt of the waste and the amount received.
(5)
Such records shall be presented to the Borough or authority
representative upon request. A more-frequent cleaning/inspection schedule
may be ordered to be performed by the facility when it is determined
by the Borough that the facility is discharging excessive amounts
of grease to the public sewer system.
E.
Right of entry. In the discharge of duties, the Code Enforcement
Officer or authorized representative shall have the authority to enter,
at any reasonable hour, any restaurant or food preparation facility
in the jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this section.
F.
Penalties.
(1)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $1,000.
Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate
offense.
(2)
Food service establishments whose operations cause or allow
excessive grease to discharge or accumulate in the Authority collection
system may be liable to the Authority for costs related to service
calls for line blockages, line cleanings, and line and pump repairs,
including all labor, materials, and equipment. Failure to pay all
service-related charges may also be grounds for water and sewer service
discontinuance.
G.
Repealer. The ordinance adopting this section hereby repeals Ordinance
No. 915, enacted on December 5, 2011, and all other ordinances or
parts of ordinances which are inconsistent with this section.
