[Adopted 4-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2584; amended in its entirety 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 2588]
This article shall be hereafter known as the "Borough of Millvale
Grease Clogging Remediation Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
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.
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gpm and which
is located underground outside the building.
Interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gpm or less and which is
located inside the building. Grease traps shall be rated for a minimum
22.5 gpm.
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 means 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 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 in 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 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 line's entry into the main public sewer line.
An inspection site tee shall be installed between the interceptor
discharge and 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 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
one-thousand-gallon capacity, 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.
F.
In existing facilities, where it is determined by the Borough of
Millvale that a grease trap is not sufficient, the Borough 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 one-thousand-gallon capacity. 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 one-thousand-gallon capacity,
regardless of flow-through rate.
G.
Each grease interceptor or grease trap shall and must be installed
by a plumber registered with the Allegheny County Plumbing Department.
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 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, 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, 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 Borough upon request. A more frequent cleaning/inspection
schedule may be ordered to be performed by the facility when it is
determined by the Borough that the facility is discharging excessive
amounts of grease to the public sewer system.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates a provision of this
article, or who fails to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements
thereof, shall be, upon conviction thereof, sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each violation, plus
costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to imprisonment
to the extent permitted by law for the punishment of summary offenses.
B.
A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof in
which a violation is found to exist or for each section of this article
found to have been violated. All fines and penalties for the violation
of this article shall be paid to the Borough.
C.
The Borough may also commence appropriate actions in equity, at law
or other to prevent, restrain, correct, enjoin, or abate violations
of this article.
D.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this article shall cease
to discharge, infiltrate, or permit the discharge or infiltration
of the violating materials and substances upon receiving 30 days'
notice, in writing, to do so. In case the violator neglects or refuses
to do so, in addition to the fines set forth above, the Borough of
Millvale may proceed to have the violating system disconnected and
the cost thereof, together with the penalty of 10% additional thereto,
shall be collected from the violator in the manner now provided by
law. In addition to the penalties provided above, the Borough of Millvale
shall have the right, upon proper notification, to cause water service
to the offending premises to be terminated by the provider thereof.
A.
In the discharge of duties, the Borough of Millvale 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.
B.
The Borough of Millvale Code Enforcement Officer may cooperate with
or delegate his authority to the appropriate official of the Allegheny
County Health Department or other county agency charged with the duty
of enforcing any Allegheny County ordinance or regulation relating
to the subject matter of the within article.
The Borough of Millvale reserves the right to invoke and enforce
any Allegheny County ordinance or regulation relating to the subject
matter of this article and to seek the imposition of the penalties
provided in said Allegheny County ordinance or regulation.
