Subject to the foregoing provisions, the following definitions shall
apply in this chapter:
"Best management practices"
means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices,
maintenance procedures, installation of equipment, and other management
practices to control and limit the introduction of prohibited or objectionable
discharges, including FOG, into sewer facilities.
"Building official"
means the director of the building and safety department
of the city or the designee of the director of the building and safety
department.
"Change in operations"
means any change in the ownership, food types or operational
procedures that have the potential to increase the amount of FOG generated
and/or discharged by food service establishments in an amount that
alone or collectively causes or creates a potential for SSOs to occur.
"Composite sample"
means a collection of individual samples obtained at selected
intervals based on an increment of either flow or time. The resulting
mixture (composite sample) forms a representative sample of the waste
stream discharged during the sample period. Samples will be collected
when a wastewater discharge occurs.
"Discharger" or "user"
means any person who discharges or causes a discharge of
wastewater directly or indirectly to a sewer facility and/or stormwater
drain system.
"Effluent"
means any liquid outflow from the food service establishment
that is discharged.
"Fats, oils and grease" or "FOG"
means any substance such as a vegetable or animal product
that is used in, or is a by-product of, the cooking or food preparation
process, and that turns or may turn viscous or solidifies with a change
in temperature or other conditions.
"Food service establishment" or "FSE"
means facilities defined in California Uniform Retail Food
Facilities Law (CURFFL), California Health and Safety Code Section
113785 et seq., as amended from time to time, and any commercial entity
within the boundaries of the city, operating in a permanently constructed
structure such as a room, building or place, or portion thereof, maintained,
used or operated for the purpose of storing, preparing, serving, or
manufacturing, packaging, or otherwise handling food for sale to other
entities, or for consumption by the public, its members or employees,
and which has any process or device that uses or produces FOG, or
grease vapors, steam, fumes, smoke or odors that are required to be
removed by a Type I or Type II hood, as defined in CURFFL Section
113785. A limited food preparation establishment is not considered
a food service establishment.
"Food grinder"
means any device, including garbage disposal devices, installed
in the plumbing or sewage system for the purpose of grinding food
waste or food preparation by-products for the purpose of discharging
it into the sewer system.
"Grab sample"
means a sample taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis
without regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration
of time.
"Grease control device"
means any grease interceptor, grease trap or other mechanism,
device or process, which attaches to, or is applied to, wastewater
plumbing fixtures and lines, the purpose of which is to trap or collect
or treat FOG prior to it being discharged into the sewer system. Grease
control device may also include any other proven method to reduce
FOG subject to the approval of the building official.
"Grease interceptor" or "interceptor"
means a multicompartment device that is constructed in different
sizes and is generally required to be located, according to the California
Plumbing Code, underground between a food service establishment and
the connection to the sewer system. These devices primarily use gravity
to separate FOG from the wastewater as it moves from one compartment
to the next. These devices shall have at least one accessible inspection
hatch and must be cleaned, maintained, and have the FOG removed and
disposed of in a proper manner on regular intervals to ensure effective
and efficient operation.
"Grease trap"
means a grease control device, including at least one removable
lid for access, inspection and maintenance, that is used to serve
individual fixtures, including by way of example sinks, and is designed
to remove or trap fats, oils and grease while allowing the balance
of the waste to discharge to the sewer system by gravity.
"Hot spots"
means areas in sewer lines that have experienced sanitary
sewer overflows resulting in the need for frequent maintenance and
cleaning.
"Infiltration"
means water entering a sewer system, including sewer service
connections, from the ground through such means as defective pipes,
pipe joints, connections or manhole walls.
"Interference"
means any discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the city's sewer system,
treatment processes or operations; or is a cause of violation of any
law or regulation, or prevents lawful sludge use or disposal.
"Limited food preparation establishment"
means any commercial entity engaged only in reheating, hot
holding, or assembly of ready to eat food products and as a result,
there is no wastewater discharge containing a significant amount of
FOG. A limited food preparation establishment does not include any
operation that changes the form, flavor or consistency of food.
"Manifest"
means that receipt which is retained by the generator of
wastes for disposing recyclable wastes or liquid wastes as required
by the city.
"New construction"
means any structure planned or under construction for which
a sewer connection permit has not been issued as of October 1, 2005.
"Person"
means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation,
entity or public agency, including the state of California and the
United States of America.
"Public agency"
means the state of California and/or any city, county, special
district, other local governmental authority or public body of or
within this state.
"Regulatory agency"
means those agencies having regulatory jurisdiction over
the operations of the city.
"Remodeling"
means a physical change or operational change causing generation
of the amount of FOG that exceed the current amount of FOG discharge
to the sewer system by the food service establishment in an amount
that alone or collectively causes or creates a potential for SSOs
to occur; or exceeding a cost of fifty thousand dollars to a food
service establishment that requires a building permit, and involves
any one or combination of the following: (1) under slab plumbing in
the food processing area; (2) a thirty-percent increase in the net
public seating area; (3) a thirty-percent increase in the size of
the kitchen area; or (4) any change in the size or type of food preparation
equipment.
"Sample point"
means a location approved by the building official, from
which wastewater can be collected that is representative in content
and consistency of the entire flow of wastewater being sampled.
"Sampling facilities"
means a structure or structures provided at the user's expense
for the city or user to measure and record wastewater constituent
mass, concentrations, collect a representative sample or provide access
to plug or terminate the discharge.
"Sewer facility or system"
means any property belonging to the city or other public
agency used in the treatment, reclamation, reuse, transportation or
disposal of wastewater, or any tributary thereto.
"Sewer lateral"
means a building sewer as defined in the latest edition of
the California Plumbing Code. It is the wastewater connection between
the building's wastewater facilities and the sewer system or a sewer
facility.
"Sludge"
means any solid, semisolid, or liquid decant, subnate or
supernate from a manufacturing process, utility service or pretreatment
facility.
"Stormwater drainage system"
means street gutter, channel, storm drain, constructed drain,
lined diversion structure, wash area, inlet, outlet or other facility,
which is part of or tributary to the city's stormwater runoff system
and used for the purpose of collecting, storing, transporting or disposing
of stormwater.
"Waste"
means sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid,
solid, gaseous or radioactive, associated with human habitation or
of human or animal nature, including such wastes placed within containers
of whatever nature prior to and for the purpose of disposal.
"Waste minimization practices"
means plans or programs intended to reduce or eliminate:
discharges to the sewer system or to conserve water, including, but
not limited to, product substitutions, housekeeping practices, inventory
control, employee education, and other steps as necessary to minimize
wastewater produced.
"Waste hauler"
means any person carrying on or engaging in vehicular transport
of waste as part of, or incidental to, any business for that purpose.
"Wastewater"
means the liquid and water-carried wastes of the community
and all constituents thereof, whether treated or untreated, discharged
into or permitted to enter a sewer facility.
"Wastewater constituents and characteristics"
means the individual chemical, physical, bacteriological
and other parameters, including volume and flow rate and such other
parameters that serve to define, classify or measure the quality and
quantity of wastewater.