[Adopted 8-10-2004 by Ord. No. 7-2004]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
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 designated in Use Group A-4 by the Building
Code.
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gallons per minute
and which is located underground outside the building.
An interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gallons per minute or
less and which is located inside the building. Grease traps shall
be rated for a minimum 22.5 gallons per minute.
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 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, room or space or part thereof used as a restaurant
or food preparation facility, whether new or existing, shall install
or cause to be installed a grease interceptor or grease trap. 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 as determined by the Allegheny County Health Department
Plumbing Division. For flow-through rates of 35 gallons per minute
or less, an internal grease trap may be installed in certain existing
structures used as restaurants 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.
B.
Said grease trap or interceptor shall be installed at an appropriate
location along the sewer line between the restaurant and/or food preparation
facility and the line's entry into the main public sewer line.
An inspection-site tee shall be installed between the interceptor
discharge and shall connect to the public sewer system. All installations
shall be in accordance with Article 15 of the Allegheny County Health
Department Plumbing Code and Regulations.
C.
No solid waste devices, such as waste grinders, disposals, potato
peelers, etc., shall discharge through the grease trap or grease interceptor.
Only potentially grease-laden fixtures may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
D.
All new restaurants or food preparation facilities shall be required
to install an exterior, underground grease interceptor of a minimum
capacity of 1,000 gallons, regardless of flow-through rate.
E.
In all existing restaurants or food preparation facilities, there
shall be installed a grease interceptor or grease trap as determined
by flow-through rate, as detailed above. In existing facilities where
it is determined by the municipality that a grease trap is not sufficient,
the municipality may require that a grease interceptor (as detailed
above) 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 capacity of 1,000 gallons.
In all existing structures, buildings or parts thereof in which there
is a change of use or occupancy to that of a restaurant or food preparation
facility, there shall be installed a grease interceptor, minimum 1,000
gallons' capacity, regardless of flow-through rate.
A.
All grease interceptors and grease traps shall be maintained and
kept in good working order at all times. The interceptor or trap shall
limit the amount of grease discharged into the public sewer system
to levels not exceeding those permitted by the Allegheny County Sanitary
Authority (ALCOSAN). Oil/grease discharges shall not exceed 200 parts
per million downstream of the interceptor or trap.
B.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of any owner, lessee or agent
of any restaurant or food preparation facility to, at a minimum, annually
inspect the grease interceptor or trap. A written record shall be
kept of all inspections. The inspection record shall, at a minimum,
list the name (inspector and company), address and phone number of
the inspection/disposal company, the method and frequency of cleaning
schedule and the date of the cleaning/inspection. Such records shall
be presented to the municipality upon request. A more frequent cleaning/inspection
schedule may be ordered to be performed by the facility when it is
determined by the municipality that the facility is discharging excessive
amounts of grease to the public sewer system.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this article 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 municipal Code Enforcement Officer
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.
