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1.
FOOD PREPARATION FACILITY
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
GREASE TRAP
RESTAURANT
As used in this Part 1D, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
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 and serving of food
in single-family dwellings to the resident family or its guests.
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gpm and which
is located underground outside the building.
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.
Any public eating place where regular 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 "regular meals" as used
herein means meals generally consisting of courses embracing some
kind of meat or its equivalent, vegetables, bread, pastry, beverage
and accompaniments, served at more-or-less regular intervals.
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Every building or room occupied or used as a public eating place
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 gases 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.
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On or before May 25, 1999, every building, room, or space or part
thereof used as a restaurant or food preparation facility, whether
new or existing, shall install or cause to be installed a grease interceptor
or grease trap. The type of installation shall be determined by the
total fixture flow through rate of potential grease laden fixtures
discharging through the building sewage lines as determined by the
Allegheny County Health Department Plumbing Division. For flow through
rate 35 gpm or less, an internal grease trap may be installed in certain
existing structures used as restaurants and food preparation facilities.
For flow through rates exceeding 35 gpm, an external, underground
grease interceptor must be installed in all new structures or changes
of use involving restaurants or food preparation facilities.
2.
Said grease trap or interceptor shall be installed at an appropriate
location along the sewer line between the restaurant and/or food preparation
facility and the lines entry into the main public sewer line. An inspection
site tee shall be installed between the interceptor discharge and
connect to the public sewer system. All installations shall be in
accordance with Article 15 of the Allegheny County Health Department
Plumbing Codes and Regulations.
3.
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.
4.
All new restaurants or food preparation facilities shall be required
to install an exterior, underground grease interceptor of a minimum
of 1,000 gallon capacity, regardless of flow through rate.
5.
In all existing restaurants or food preparation facilities, there
shall be installed a grease interceptor or grease trap as determined
by flow through rate, as detailed above.
6.
In existing facilities where it is determined by the Township of
North Fayette that a grease trap is not sufficient, the Township may
require that a grease interceptor (as detailed above) be installed.
Such insufficiency shall be evidenced by excessive amounts of grease
being discharged into the public sewer system by a facility. All existing
restaurants or food preparation facilities shall, at a change of ownership
or alternation, install an exterior, underground grease interceptor
of a minimum 1,000 gallon capacity. In all existing structures, buildings
or parts thereof in which there is a change of use or occupancy to
that of a restaurant or food preparation facility, there shall be
installed a grease interceptor, minimum 1,000 gallon capacity, regardless
of flow through rate.
7.
Each grease interceptor or grease trap shall and must be installed
by a plumber registered with the Allegheny County Plumbing Department.
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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 Allegheny County Sanitary
Authority (ALCOSAN). Oil/grease discharges shall not exceed 200 ppm
downstream of the interceptor or trap.
2.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of any owner, lessee, or
agent of any restaurant or food preparation facility to, at a minimum
of, annually inspect the grease interceptor and trap. A written record
shall be kept of all inspections. The inspection record shall, at
a minimum, list the name (inspector and company), address, phone number
of the inspection/disposal company, the method and frequency of cleaning
schedule and the date of the cleaning/inspection. Such records shall
be presented to the Township upon request. A more frequent cleaning/inspection
schedule may be ordered to be performed by the facility when it is
determined by the Township that the facility is discharging excessive
amounts of grease to the public sewer system.
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Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
2.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this Part 1D shall cease
to discharge or infiltrate or permit the discharge or infiltration
of the violating materials and substances upon receiving 30 days'
notice, in writing, to do so. In case the violator neglects or refuses
to do so, in addition to the fines set forth above, the Township of
North Fayette may proceed to have the violating system disconnected
and the cost thereof, together with the penalty of 10% additional
thereto, shall be collected from the violator in the manner now provided
by law. In addition to the penalties provided above, the Township
of North Fayette shall have the right, upon proper notification, to
cause water service to the offending premises to be terminated by
the provider thereof.
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1.
In the discharge of duties, the Township of North Fayette 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 Part 1D.
2.
The Township of North Fayette Code Enforcement Officer may cooperate
with or delegate his or her authority to the appropriate official
of the Allegheny County Health Department or other County agency charged
with the duty of enforcing any Allegheny County ordinance or regulation
relating to the subject matter of the within Part 1D.
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The Township of North Fayette reserves the right to invoke and
enforce any Allegheny County ordinance or regulation relating to the
subject matter of this Part 1D and to seek the imposition of the penalties
provided in the said Allegheny County ordinance or regulation.
