[HISTORY: Adopted by the Collier Township Municipal Authority 7-11-1996 by Res. No.
07-11-96-01. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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.
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 gpm 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 gpm, 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 lines' entry into the main public sewer line. An
inspection site tee shall be installed between the interceptor discharge
and the connection 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 potential 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 the flow-through rate.
E.
Existing facilities.
(1)
In all existing restaurants or food preparation facilities, there
shall be installed a grease interceptor or grease trap as determined
by the flow-through rate, as detailed above.
(2)
In existing facilities where it is determined by the Collier Township
Municipal Authority ("Authority") that a grease trap is not sufficient,
the Authority 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
an increase in size, change of use or occupancy to that of a restaurant
or food preparation facility, there shall be installed a grease interceptor
of a minimum capacity of 1,000 gallons, regardless of the 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 100 parts
per million (ppm) 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 of
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 the cleaning schedule and the date of the cleaning/inspection.
Additionally, there shall be maintained a copy of the disposal schedule,
disposal location and the quantities of grease disposed of by the
licensed hauler that cleans and disposes of the accumulated material
from each grease trap or grease interceptor. Such records shall be
presented to the Authority at least annually or more frequently if
determined by the Authority. A more frequent cleaning/inspection schedule
may be ordered to be performed by the facility when it is determined
by the Authority that the facility is discharging excessive amounts
of grease to the public sewer system.
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.