[Added 8-11-2003 by Ord.
No. 1247]
As used in this article, 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 food or drink is
mixed, cooked or otherwise prepared for human consumption, offered
for sale, sold, served or given with or without charge to patrons,
customers, or guests; 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 gallons per minute
and which is located underground, outside of the building.
An interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gallons per minute or
less which is located inside the building.
Any public eating place where regular meals are prepared,
offered for sale, sold, and served to patrons, customers, or guests
for compensation. 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 scheduled hours.
Every building or room occupied or used as a restaurant or food
preparation facility whether new or existing, 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 obstruction.
A.
Every
building or room occupied or used as a public eating place or restaurant
shall install or cause to be installed a grease trap or grease interceptor.
Grease traps shall be rated for a minimum 22.5 gallons per minute.
B.
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. For flow-through rates, of 35 gallons per minute or
less, an internal grease trap may be installed in certain existing
structures used as restaurant and food preparation facilities. For
flow-through rates exceeding 35 gallons per minute, an external, underground
grease interceptor must be installed in all new structures or changes
of use involving restaurants or food preparation facilities, that
of a restaurant or food preparation facility there shall be installed
a grease interceptor, minimum one-thousand gallon capacity, regardless
of the flow-through rate.
(1)
Any
existing restaurant or food preparation facility requiring a grease
trap or interceptor system must first obtain a building permit from
the Borough of Canonsburg. The applicant must submit an installation
plan to the Borough as part of the building permit approval process.
(2)
For
new building facilities, the grease trap/interceptor system a design
plan must be submitted and will be approved as part of the Borough
building plan/site plan permitting review process.
(3)
All
sanitary plumbing must be installed by a Pennsylvania registered plumber.
(4)
Restaurants
or food preparation facilities may request a variance of the Grease
Trap Installation Ordinance in writing to the Borough. This waiver
request must describe in detail why this article does not apply to
them or their facility. The Borough will evaluate the request on a
case-by-case basis.
(5)
Existing
restaurants or food preparation facilities must be in compliance with
this article within one year from issuance.
A.
All grease
traps shall be maintained and kept in good working order. The trap
shall limit the amount of grease discharged into the public sewer
system to levels not exceeding those as set forth below:
Discharges from a grease trap or grease interceptor shall not
exceed 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease, immediately
downstream of the grease trap or interceptor.
B.
All sampling
and analysis of discharges to determine oil and grease concentration
shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in
40 CFR 136, or in accordance with procedures approved by U.S. EPA.
C.
It shall
be the duty of any owner, lessee, or agent or any restaurant and/or
food preparation facility to, at a minimum, annually inspect the sewer
line and/or grease trap.
D.
A written
record shall be kept of all inspections. The inspection record shall,
at a minimum, list the name (of inspector and affiliated company),
address, phone number of the inspection/disposal company, the method
and frequency of cleaning scheduled and the date of the cleaning/inspection.
Such records shall be presented to the Building Inspector as proof
that said inspection was accomplished.
E.
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.
F.
In the
event any maintenance or corrective action is required by Borough
personnel due to the facility's failure to properly use and/or maintain
said grease trap or grease interceptor, the Borough shall have the
right to perform and bill the cost of said maintenance or corrective
action directly to the facility.
A.
Whosoever
violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $1,000, per
B.
Said grease
trap or grease interceptor shall be installed at an appropriate location
along the sewer line between the restaurant and/or food preparation
facility and the line' entry into the main public sewer line in accordance
with the Canonsburg Building Code. A cleanout-type access acceptable
to the Borough to enable inspection of the grease trap or grease interceptor
and a means to enable collection of samples of the discharge of the
grease trap or grease interceptor shall be installed between the point
of interceptor discharge and the connection to the public sewer system.
C.
All installations
shall be in accordance with the Borough of Canonsburg Building Code
and regulations.
D.
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.
E.
All new
restaurants or food preparation facilities shall be required to install
an exterior, underground grease interceptor of a minimum 1,000 gallon
capacity, regardless of flow-through rate.
F.
In all
existing restaurants or food preparation facilities, there shall be
installed a grease interceptor or grease trap as determined by the
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 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 gallon capacity. In all existing structures, buildings
or parts thereof in which there is a change of use or occupancy to
violation occurrence.
A.
In the
discharge of duties, the Building Inspector, 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.
B.
In the
discharge of duties, the Building Inspector, or authorized representative
also shall have the authority to inspect the use and maintenance of
the grease trap or interceptor and/or conduct sampling and analysis
of the discharge from the grease trap or grease interceptor of any
restaurant or food preparation facility in the jurisdiction, at any
reasonable hour, whether scheduled or unscheduled, to enforce the
provisions of this article.
C.
In the
event any discharge from a grease trap or grease interceptor is found
by the Borough to contain more than 100 parts per million by weight
of fat, oil, or grease, said discharge shall be considered in violation
of this article.
