[Adopted 5-14-1973 as Ord. No. 532]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Town of Bridgeville, or in any area within the jurisdiction of said town, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlets within the Town of Bridgeville, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said town, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Article.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. A05-5]
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage, except as hereinafter provided. The owners of all houses, buildings, and properties used for human occupation, recreation, employment or other purposes situated within the Town of Bridgeville are hereby required at their expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the property public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. A05-5]
All facilities and businesses within the Town of Bridgeville that prepare or serve foods using grills, fryers, or other sources of fats, oils, and grease (hereinafter, “food service facilities”) shall provide for control of and removal of fats, oils, and grease in accordance with these regulations within one year of enactment of this section.
A. 
All food service facilities shall install a grease trap tank meeting the requirements of this section and the Delaware Plumbing Code, as amended. Tanks shall be a minimum of 1,000 gallons, be constructed of at least two compartments, and be constructed with at least two hatches for inspection, cleaning, and maintenance. The contents of these tanks shall be removed and disposed of off site no less than once every three months by a sewage hauler licensed and permitted to do business in the State of Delaware. The grease trap tank shall be repaired if it is functioning improperly.
B. 
All food service facilities with a grease trap shall obtain an annual permit from the Town of Bridgeville. Permits shall be issued to the property owner and the tenant, if any. The annual fee for the permit shall be $100. New applications for a permit and renewals of permits must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the issuance of a new permit. The holder of a permit must post the permit in a conspicuous location on the premises containing the grease trap. The permit holder must also maintain receipts from the sewage hauler for a period of two years and shall make these receipts available for inspection by the Town or its authorized agents.
C. 
Food service facilities shall, to the extent possible, recycle used, excess, or inedible fats, oils, or grease from fryers or other cooking equipment. All such fats, oils, and grease intended for recycling shall be removed and hauled by a person or firm licensed in the State of Delaware.
D. 
The use of grease enzymes, emulsifiers, and similar products intended to keep grease in suspension are prohibited unless approved by the Commissioners of the Town of Bridgeville for special circumstances in which it is impossible to install either a grease trap or other interceptor device.
E. 
Grease traps and other grease interceptors shall be designed, installed, and maintained in accordance with good engineering and housekeeping practices and shall not create a public health nuisance or health threat.
F. 
All food service facilities that discharge into the public sewer system shall allow access and inspection by the Town or its authorized agents at reasonable times as may be required for the Town to determine compliance with this section. If any part of the grease trap is found to be functioning improperly at the time of any such inspection, the Town may require cleanout within a reasonable period of time.
G. 
All food service facilities located outside the Town limits of Bridgeville that discharge into the Town sewage system shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
H. 
If a food service facility in operation at the time of enactment of this section cannot physically install an exterior grease trap tank without undue hardship, the Commissioners may allow smaller interior grease traps to be installed. The contents of those traps shall be removed when necessary, but no less than once a week. All inspection, permit, and compliance recordkeeping provisions of this section apply to interior taps. If it ever becomes possible to install an exterior tank, the food service facility shall install an exterior grease trap in accordance with this section.
I. 
A not-for-profit food service facility that operates only occasionally and intermittently may request an exemption from these requirements upon application to the Commissioners. Upon such application, the Commissioners must determine whether or not the public sewer will be adversely affected by an exemption. If the Commissioners find that the public sewer system will not be adversely affected, the Commissioners may issue an exemption. If the Commissioners determine at some point after issuance of the exemption the public sewer system is adversely affected by the discharge, the Commissioners may revoke the exemption.
J. 
Any property owner or tenant in violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the violations and penalties provisions of § 190-10 in Part 1 of this chapter, including disconnection from the sewer system. Upon evidence of a violation of these provisions, the Commissioners may, with 24 hours' written notice to the property owner or tenant, if any, order disconnection from the sewer system and not allow reconnection until the violation is remedied.
When a public sanitary or combined sewer is not made available by the Town of Bridgeville, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of state and local regulatory agencies. No construction shall begin nor connection made until permission has been obtained from the Town of Bridgeville or its agents and state and local regulatory agencies.
At such time as a public sewer shall become available and within sixty (60) days of official notice to do so, the owner shall make direct connection with the public sewer and shall terminate use of the private sewage disposal system. Said private system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or cause or permit to be discharged into the public sewer system of the Town of Bridgeville any sewage or industrial waste which has any of the following qualities:
A. 
Harmful or deleterious effect on the operation or maintenance of the public sewer system.
B. 
Inhibitory to the treatment process at the sewage treatment plant constituting part of the public sewer system.
C. 
A temperature higher than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140º F.).
D. 
Any liquid containing fats, wax, grease, or oils of mineral or petroleum origin whether emulsified or not or any liquid containing fats, wax, grease or oils of animal or vegetable origin in excess of 100 milligrams per liter (mg/l), or any liquid containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures below 150° F. or 65° Celsius.
[Amended 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. A05-5]
E. 
A pH lower than six point five (6.5) not higher than eight point five (8.5) or housing any other corrosive property causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment or operating personnel of the public sewer system.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or permit or cause to be discharged into the public sewer system of the Town of Bridgeville any of the following material:
A. 
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable liquids, solids or gases.
B. 
Any garbage which has not been shredded by a household-type or other suitable garbage grinder.
C. 
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, cotton, wool or other fibers or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing interference with the proper operation of the sewage treatment plant constituting a part of the public sewer system of the Town of Bridgeville.
D. 
Any toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage sludge treatment process or create any hazard in the operation of the public sewer system or constitute a hazard to human beings.
[Amended 1-21-1981]
E. 
Any noxious or malodorous gases or substances capable of creating a public nuisance.
F. 
Any settleable solids in excess of one hundred fifty (150) milligrams per liter (mg/l).
[Added 12-13-1976 by Ord. No. 532-A]
G. 
Any suspended solids in excess of one thousand (1,000) milligrams per liter (mg/l).
[Added 12-13-1976 by Ord. No. 532-A]
H. 
Any biochemical oxygen demand in excess of one thousand (1,000) milligrams per liter (mg/l).
[Added 12-13-1976 by Ord. No. 532-A]
A. 
The costs attributable to the determination that materials discharged into the public sewer system of the Town of Bridgeville are within the prescribed limitations as set forth in §§ 190-7 and 190-8 of this Part 1 shall be borne by the user.
[Added 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 532A-1]
B. 
Should the Town of Bridgeville or its agents determine that any substance has been discharged into the public sewer system in violation of §§ 190-7 and 190-8 of this Part 1, the Town of Bridgeville or its agents may compel the offending party to disconnect from the public sewer system or compel the pretreatment of any industrial waste so that there shall be no harmful or deleterious effect on the public sewer system of the Town of Bridgeville.
Any person violating this Part 1 or failing to comply with the directions of the Town of Bridgeville or its agents in the administration of regulation of the public sewer system shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.) and shall pay the costs of prosecution. For the purposes of this section, each day in which any such violation occurs or continues to occur shall be deemed a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
The Town of Bridgeville is empowered hereby to create such agency as is necessary for the administration and regulation of the public sewer system and to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the administration of the public sewer system, so long as they are consistent with the Charter of Incorporation of the Town of Bridgeville and this Part 1.