[Adopted 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1252]
Includes 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 residential dwellings.
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gpm and which
is located underground outside the building.
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.
Includes 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, mean 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.
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 and water in
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 obstructions.
A.
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 rates, 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.
B.
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 Code and Regulations.
C.
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 fixture may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
D.
All new restaurants or food preparation facilities shall be required
to install an exterior, underground grease interceptor of a minimum
1,000 gallons' capacity, regardless of flow-through rate.
E.
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. In existing facilities where
it is determined by the Borough that a grease trap is not sufficient,
the Borough 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 alteration, install an exterior, underground
grease interceptor of a minimum 1,000 gallons' capacity. In all existing
structures, building 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 gallons'
capacity, regardless of flow-through rate.
A.
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 discharge shall not exceed 200 ppm
downstream of the interceptor or trap.
B.
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 or 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 Borough 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.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $1,000.
Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
In the discharge of duties, the Borough 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 article.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this article is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of the
Council of the Borough of Etna that this article would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section
or part thereof had not been included herein.
Any ordinance or resolution or part of any ordinance or resolution
in conflict herewith is hereby repealed to the extent of that conflict.
