As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FOOD PREPARATION FACILITY
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 single-family dwellings to the resident family
or its guests, or to buildings.
GREASE TRAP
An interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gallons per minutes
(gpm) or less and which is located inside the building and generally
intercepts flows from three-compartment sinks only. Grease traps shall
be rated for a minimum of 22.5 gpm.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gpm and which
is located underground outside the building and generally intercepts
all flows from kitchen/food processing areas.
RESTAURANT
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 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.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this resolution
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 Authority enforcement officer,
Consulting Engineer 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 resolution.