As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A plumbing appurtenance that is installed in a sanitary drainage
system to intercept oily and greasy wastes from wastewater discharges.
A standard grease interceptor is a large-capacity underground vault
with at least two chambers installed on the gray water discharge from
a kitchen facility and is designed to prevent fats, oils and grease
from entering the sanitary sewers. These vaults are installed outside
the building as near as possible to the source of oil/grease. The
vaults must have lids with manhole openings in the top to allow access
into the vault for cleaning and for inspection of vault components,
including visual inspection of all interior baffles and/or tees. Vault
capacity is determined using a calculation provided in the Uniform
Construction Code and the National Standard Plumbing Code. The vault
also must meet the standard specifications of the City of Hackensack.
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010]
GREASE TRAP
A plumbing appurtenance that is installed in a sanitary drainage
system to intercept oily and greasy wastes from wastewater discharges.
Grease traps are a smaller version of a grease interceptor installed
above or below the floor level, usually inside of the building. A
grease trap has a much smaller capacity than a grease interceptor
vault. A solid metal lid is usually affixed to the grease trap body
to allow for inspection and cleaning. The number of fixtures that
can connect to the grease trap, and grease trap size, is found in
the Uniform Construction Code and the National Standard Plumbing Code.
[Added 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 17-2010]
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Solid or liquid wastes from any service, process or industrial
undertaking, except wastes from the bodies of persons engaged therein.
Unless specifically excepted by the permit,
the premises to which the permit applies shall have but one connection
to the sewers. Unless otherwise stated in the permit, a manhole shall
be provided on the property of the permit holder as near as possible
to the street line, which manhole shall be accessible and subject
to inspection at all times. No sewage shall be discharged into the
sewers except through this manhole.
Permits issued by virtue of this Article shall confer no vested rights but shall be prohibitionary only. The right to terminate permits, the right to change the regulations stated in such permits and the right to require construction, operation and maintenance of additional facilities by the permit holder are reserved by the city. Except as provided in §
141-7, termination in or change of permit shall not take effect until 60 days after notice has been given the permit holder, provided that if the permit holder agrees to proposed changes in the regulations, or if the characteristics, quantity or rate of flow of the industrial wastes change, or if compliance with orders of the State Board of Health so require, then the city may change the regulations upon 48 hours' notice to the permit holder.
The right to revoke permits for failure to comply
with regulations prescribed by the city officials in the permit or
with other provisions of this Article or for failure to properly construct,
operate and maintain facilities prescribed in the permit, is reserved
by the city, and upon revocation of the permit the city reserves the
right to disconnect the premises of the permit holder from the sewer
upon 48 hours' notice.
Authorized representatives of the Department
of Public Works and/or Plumbing Inspector shall have access to any
premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of making inspections
and tests to determine the extent of compliance with this Article.
Any person, firm, association or corporation
discharging industrial wastes into the common sewers of the City of
Hackensack without first securing a permit as hereinbefore provided
shall be deemed to have violated this Article and shall furthermore
be subject to having his or its connection with the common sewers
disconnected after 48 hours' notice.