[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 1]
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part shall be as follows:
The Stroud Township Sewer Authority, a Pennsylvania municipality
authority, acting by and through its Board or, in appropriate cases,
acting by and through its authorized representatives.
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure used or intended
for use in the operation of one or more business enterprise for the
sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or service
or used or intended for use for any social, amusement, religious,
educational, charitable or public purpose, and containing plumbing
facilities for kitchen, toilet or washing facilities.
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer or other enclosure
occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by
a family or other group of persons living together or by persons living
alone.
Any establishment where food, foodstuff or beverages is served
to, or provided for human consumption, with or without charge, including
among others, hotels, restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, clubs, boarding
houses, ice cream parlors, soda water or soft drink fountains, and
bars or taverns.
Any establishment where food, food products and beverages
are manufactured, processed, packaged or bottled, or sold for consumption
off the premises of the seller, including among others, bakeries,
beverage distributors, bottler, candy and confectionery manufacturers,
dairies, frozen food locker plants, wholesalers and retailers, and
operators of vending machine services.
A device installed in a sanitary waste pipe for the purpose
of collecting grease and preventing it from continuing to travel in
the waste piping system. Grease traps may be installed internally,
in the inside of a building at the various grease-producing plumbing
fixtures and equipment, or they may be installed externally, outside
of the building.
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human being
or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure used
or intended for use, in whole or in part, in the operation of one
business enterprise for manufacturing, fabricating, processing, cleaning,
laundering or assembling any product, commodity or article or from
which any process waste, as distinct from sanitary sewage, shall be
discharged.
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance or water-borne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping in the course of any industrial,
manufacturing, trade or business process or in the course of the development,
recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure which
does not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit, or
an industrial establishment.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
corporation, trust, governmental body, political subdivision, municipality,
municipality authority, or other group or entity.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property, including such ground, surface or stormwater as
may be present.
A device installed in a sanitary waste pipe for the purpose
of separating and collecting oily and/or flammable wastes, sands,
heavy solids, glass, rags, feathers and/or other similar waste materials,
which may have a detrimental effect on the operation of the sewer
system or sewage treatment facility and preventing them from continuing
to travel in the waste piping system.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting
and transporting sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes, acquired,
constructed, owned and operated by this Authority.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for transporting,
treating and disposing of sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes,
owned and operated by the Authority.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewage collection
system used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
The sewage collection system and the sewage disposal system.
The Township of Stroud, Monroe County, a Pennsylvania municipality,
acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate
cases, acting by and through its authorized representative.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 2]
1.
The provisions of this Part are intended to apply to all existing
and future users of the sewer system. Existing users shall have 90
days from the adoption of this Part to construct such facilities and
take such measures as may be necessary to bring their establishments
in conformance with this Part.
2.
Future users of the sewer system shall be in compliance with this
Part at the time connection is allowed to the system.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 3]
Neither separators nor grease traps are required for dwelling
units. If, however, groups of dwelling units utilize a common kitchen
facility or dining facility, then the provisions of this Part shall
be applied.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 4]
All users currently connected to the sewer system and all future
users who apply for connection to the sewer system in the future are
required to provide information and documentation to the Authority
sufficient so that the Authority may determine whether a separator
or grease trap is required.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 5]
1.
The following wastes are prohibited from being deposited into the
public sanitary sewer system:
A.
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow
in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater
treatment such as, but not limited to, grease, garbage with particles
greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch
manure, bones, hair, hides, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal,
glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent
hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues
from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, glass
grindings, polishing wastes, fur, ashes, incinerator residue, dredged
spoil, solid waste, construction materials, rock, sand, cellar dirt,
feathers, wood, wax, cinders or medical waste.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 6]
1.
Grease traps shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Authority,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
floatable grease in such amounts as to cause obstruction to the flow
in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater
treatment facilities. In general, grease traps shall be required to
eating and drinking places and food or beverage manufacturing, processing
and merchandising establishments.
2.
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the
Authority and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. All systems shall be designed, constructed
and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
3.
Grease traps shall be equipped with devices to control the rate of
water flow so that the manufacturer's rating is not exceeded.
The minimum capacity of a grease trap shall be such that the grease
retention capacity measured in pounds of grease shall be at least
two times the total flow-through rating measured in gallons per minute.
4.
All grease traps shall be from a manufacturer with a minimum of five
years of experience in the manufacturing of grease traps and/or shall
conform to the Plumbing and Drainage Institute (PDI) standard G101.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 7]
1.
Separators shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Authority,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
oil, sand, any flammable wastes, or other harmful ingredients in such
amounts as to cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference
with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities.
2.
All separators shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Authority
and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection. All systems shall be designed, constructed and operated
in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
3.
Separators Required. At repair garages, gasoline stations with grease
racks, grease pits, or work racks, and at factories where oily and
flammable liquid wastes are produced, separators shall be installed
into which all oil-bearing, grease-bearing, or flammable wastes shall
be discharged before emptying in the building drainage system or other
point of disposal.
4.
Separation of Liquids. A mixture of treated or untreated light and
heavy liquids having various specific gravities shall be separated
in any approved receptacle.
5.
Design of Oil and Liquid Separators. Liquid separators shall be designed
as provided below:
A.
Overall Requirements. Oil separators shall have a depth of not less
than two feet below the invert of the discharge drain. The outlet
opening of the separator shall have not less than an eighteen-inch
water seal.
B.
Garages and Service Stations. Where automobiles are serviced, greased,
repaired, washed or where gasoline is dispensed, separators shall
have a minimum capacity of six cubic feet for the first 100 square
feet of area to be drained, plus one cubic foot for each additional
100 square feet of area to be drained into the separator. Parking
garages in which servicing, repairing, or washing is not done, and
in which gasoline is not dispensed, shall not require a separator.
Areas of commercial garages, which are used for storage of automobiles
only are not required to be drained through a separator.
6.
Sand Separators. Separators for sand, grit, and similar heavy solids
shall be so designed and located as to be readily accessible for cleaning,
and shall have a water seal of not less than six inches. Sand and
grit separators shall be required at all locations where cars or trucks
are washed and shall have a minimum capacity of 500 gallons at such
locations.
7.
Laundries. Commercial laundries shall be equipped with separators
having a wire basket or similar device, removable for cleaning, that
will prevent passage into the drainage system of solids 1/2 inch or
larger in size, string, rags, buttons, or other materials detrimental
to the public sewage system.
8.
Bottling Establishments. Bottling plants shall discharge their process
wastes into a separator which will provide for the separation of broken
glass or other solids, before discharging waste into the drainage
system.
9.
Slaughterhouses. Slaughtering room and dressing room drains shall
be equipped with approved separators. The separator shall prevent
the discharge into the drainage system of feathers, entrails, and
other materials that cause clogging.
10.
Venting of Separators. Separators shall be so designed that they
will not become air bound if tight covers are used. Each interceptor
or separator shall be vented when subject to loss of trap seal.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 8]
1.
The owner of each improved property shall be responsible for all
costs associated with the installation, operation, maintenance and
replacement of separators and/or grease traps. These costs shall include
the cost of properly disposing of the accumulated material.
2.
If a separator or grease trap at an improved property was not installed
or malfunctions due to lack of maintenance, lack of cleaning or any
other reason and such lack of installation or failure shall cause
blockages, sewage back-ups, sewage overflows or in any other manner
damages or interferes with the operation of the sewer system, then
the owner of the improved property shall be responsible to pay for
all costs required to repair and clean the sewer system. Such costs
shall include, but shall not be limited to, cleaning costs, pumping
costs, engineering costs, legal fees and administrative costs.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 9]
The Authority shall have the right to inspect the grease traps
and/or separators to ensure that the systems are in working order
and that the systems are being properly maintained and cleaned. The
Authority shall have the right to inspect the cleaning records at
the time the inspection occurs.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 10]
The owner of an improved property, which utilizes a grease trap
and/or separator shall at all times keep the system in good working
condition. The traps or separators shall be cleaned periodically to
keep them in good working order. All traps or separators shall be
cleaned at least once every three months. The records shall include
the date of disposal, the means of disposal, the name and signature
of the person responsible for supervising the cleaning of the separators
and grease traps and the proper disposal of the accumulated material.
Annually the owner shall transmit a copy of the cleaning records to
the Authority. Records of each cleaning shall be maintained by the
establishment for a period of three years.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 11]
All material, which is removed from the separators and/or grease
traps shall be properly disposed of by the owner. Under no circumstances
shall accumulated material be allowed to enter into the sanitary sewer
system. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed
by the owner's (owners') personnel must be performed by
currently licensed waste disposal firms.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 12]
The Authority may exercise any of its rights under this Part
through one or more agents, including the Township, all subject to
the control of the Authority.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 13; as amended by A.O.]
1.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense. In any case where a penalty for
a violation has not been timely paid, and the person against whom
the penalty was imposed is found to have been liable therefore in
civil proceedings, the violator shall be liable for the penalty imposed,
including additional daily penalties for continuing violations, plus
court costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Township
in the enforcement proceedings. If the violator neither pays nor timely
appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant
to the applicable rules of civil procedure.
2.
The Township shall be exempt from the payment of costs in any civil
case brought to enforce this Part.
3.
In addition to or in lieu of a civil action before a magisterial
district judge, the Township may enforce this Part in equity. The
appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunctions, to enforce compliance
herewith.
[Ord. 2000-12, 8/7/2000, § 14]
The Authority reserves the right, from time to time, to adopt
modifications of, supplements to, or amendments of this Part.
