A. When required by the director, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying potentially harmful or industrial wastes shall install a suitable monitoring manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the city engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.

B. All food preparation and food handling facilities, and other grease and oil generators connected to the wastewater system, shall install a grease trap or grease interceptor consistent with the provisions of the city-adopted plumbing code. The city engineer or designee shall review the design and installation of food preparation and handling facility grease traps and grease interceptors. The design and installation of such traps and interceptors shall conform to all applicable statutes, codes, ordinances, regulations and laws. Any food preparation or food handling facility responsible for the discharge of grease trap or interceptor wastewater must provide and maintain traps or interceptors in an effective operating condition at all times at its own expense.

C. It shall be the responsibility of the owner and operator of any facility required to have interceptors, traps, and separators to provide regular maintenance to include but not limited to the cleaning at least once every six months. Should current maintenance practices prove ineffective by evidence of analytical test data or reoccurring maintenance problems within the city’s wastewater collection system, an alternative method of maintenance shall be required by the city.

D. A food preparation or food handling facility with a seating capacity of up to 100 persons shall install a grease interceptor with a minimum 1,000-gallon holding capacity and provide proper and accessible inspection points for sampling discharge from interceptor. Owners of facilities exceeding the aforementioned seating capacity may require larger interceptors or traps and shall contact the city to determine the appropriate size required.

E. Authorized employees of the city, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter any food preparation or food handling facility and grease receiving or treatment facility for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

F. Discharge into a grease trap or interceptor shall not exceed 145 degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature of the liquid leaving the grease trap shall be in compliance with SCC 13.25.030(H).

G. No enzymes or emulsifiers shall be discharged into a grease trap or interceptor.

H. It will be the responsibility of all food preparation and food handling facilities, and other grease and oil generators connected to the wastewater system, to comply with the requirements of SCC 13.40.020 by January 1, 2010. [Code 2006 § 13-10-3. Ord. 2009-04, 4-14-2009; Ord. 2014-06 § 1, 5-27-2014; Res. 2014-10 Exh. A, 5-27-2014].