This chapter shall govern the standards and installation of
fats, oils and grease removal systems (FOG). It shall help facilitate
and enhance the effectiveness of the FOG Control Program.
General. The following words and terms shall, for the purpose
of this chapter, have the meanings shown herein.
FATS, OILS, AND GREASE (FOG)
Any animal or vegetable-based fats, oils, and grease generated
from food preparation, food service, and kitchen cleanup.
FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT (FSE)
Includes but is not limited to any facility preparing and/or
serving food for institutional, commercial or public use or sale.
This includes restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, hotels,
hospitals, convalescent homes, churches, factory or school kitchens,
catering kitchens, bakeries, grocery stores with food preparation
(excluding stores with only food-warming operations), meat cutting
and preparation, and other food-handling facilities not listed above
where fats, oils and grease may be introduced into sanitary sewers.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR or INTERCEPTOR
A GRD consisting of a partitioned vault, with a minimum volume
of 750 gallons, that is typically installed in ground or underground
and outside of the building which it serves.
GREASE REMOVAL DEVICE (GRD)
A device used to remove FOG from kitchen wastes discharged
to the sanitary sewer, i.e., a grease interceptor, grease trap, or
other mechanical device.
GREASE TRAP or TRAP
GRD designed to serve one to four kitchen fixtures. Traps
are usually 50 gallons or less in volume and are typically located
inside a kitchen, under the sink or in the floor.
GREASE-LADEN WASTE (GLW)
Effluent discharge that is produced from food processing,
food preparation or other commercial source where grease, fats and
oils enter automatic dishwashers, prerinse stations, sinks or to other
appurtenances.
WORKING CAPACITY (WC)
The total volume of solids, water and grease that a grease
interceptor or trap contains under normal operating conditions.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are repealed.
Should any section, part or provision of this chapter be declared
by appropriate authority to be unlawful or unconstitutional, all other
terms, conditions, provisions and parts hereof, and of any Code of
which this chapter may be considered to be part, shall continue in
full force and effect as if the provision declared to be unlawful
or unconstitutional had been omitted as of the date of final enactment
hereof.
This chapter shall take effect five days after the enactment
thereof.